| bauble |
a showy or gaudy trinket or ornament of little value. |
| burlesque |
a book, play, skit, or the like that mocks something by comically treating it with inappropriate seriousness or levity. |
| equivocate |
to express oneself ambiguously, often to avoid giving a direct answer or to deceive. |
| exigent |
requiring immediate attention; urgent or critical. |
| exuberance |
the condition or quality of being vigorously happy or high-spirited. |
| ideology |
the body of beliefs, symbols, and political and social aims that characterizes a particular group or institution. |
| imponderable |
unable to be evaluated or calculated accurately. |
| indolent |
inclined to avoid exertion or effort; lazy. |
| partake |
to take part; participate (usually followed by "in"). |
| pique |
to cause (a feeling or action) to be aroused or incited. |
| quota |
the part or share of something that is due to a person or group. |
| sacrosanct |
so important or revered as to be beyond any alteration or criticism. |
| testy |
easily annoyed or angered; irritable; touchy. |
| ulterior |
beyond or excluded from what is openly admitted or shown, especially when concealed for the purposes of deception. |
| wean |
to cause to be free of a habit, activity, or the like, often by means of a distraction or substitute. |