| affluent |
having a lot of money; rich; wealthy. |
| demagogue |
a leader, especially a speaker or politician, who attempts to persuade and to gain a following by appealing to the emotions and prejudices of the public, rather than by rational argument. |
| epitaph |
on a gravestone or tomb, an inscription commemorating the dead person. |
| execrable |
of very poor quality; extremely inferior. |
| grandiloquence |
speech that is pretentious, pompous, or excessively mannered. |
| gratuitous |
given or done without sufficient reason or justification; unwarranted. |
| impetus |
something that urges or impels; a driving force. |
| inhibit |
to hold back, restrain, prevent, or tend to do so. |
| intrepid |
feeling or showing no fear; courageous; bold. |
| jocose |
inclined to joke; jovial; merry. |
| lassitude |
lack of mental or physical energy; weariness or listlessness; lethargy. |
| piety |
worshipful devotion to and veneration of God or family. |
| promontory |
a high cliff that sticks out into a large body of water or that rises above an area of lower land. |
| recapitulate |
to briefly review (the main points) of a spoken or written exchange or communication. |
| ungainly |
lacking gracefulness or ease of movement; clumsy; awkward. |