| affable |
pleasant to talk to and be with; friendly; likeable. |
| charlatan |
one who deceitfully claims to possess a particular skill or expertise; fraud; quack. |
| credo |
any formulation of belief, especially a religious one. |
| derogatory |
having the purpose or effect of detracting; disparaging. |
| discourse |
verbal communication; conversation. |
| incise |
to cut into the surface of. |
| morbid |
in an unhealthy, gloomy mental state; preoccupied with sickness, abnormality, or death. |
| pittance |
a contemptibly small portion, amount, or payment. |
| populist |
a person, especially a political leader, who represents, or claims to represent, the interests and concerns of the common people rather than the privileged, the politically powerful, or the intelligentsia. |
| preoccupy |
to absorb the entire time or attention of. |
| reaffirm |
to verify by asserting again. |
| shoddy |
of low quality; poorly made or carried out. |
| stratagem |
a plan or trick to deceive, surprise, or outwit an opponent, especially as a military maneuver. |
| synopsis |
a short statement giving an overview, the main principles, or the sequence of events of a narrative, argument, article, or the like; summary; abstract. |
| temperament |
the manner of thinking, feeling, and acting that is characteristic of a particular person or animal. |