| alleviate |
to make (trouble or pain) easier to tolerate or accept; ease. |
| artifice |
a shrewd or clever trick. |
| bonanza |
anything that brings great wealth and prosperity. |
| charismatic |
having unusually strong personal allure or appeal. |
| defer1 |
to not do until later; put off; delay. |
| exigency |
a condition of urgency. |
| farce |
anything improbable, absurd, or empty of meaning; mockery; sham. |
| gauche |
deficient in manners or other conventions of social behavior; boorish; crude. |
| infectious |
able to be given to others by infection. |
| paradox |
a statement that contradicts or seems to contradict itself, yet often expresses a truth, such as "Less is more". |
| parley |
a discussion, especially between opponents or enemies, as to establish terms of truce. |
| placate |
to calm down and make less angry, especially by appeasement; conciliate; pacify. |
| repast |
a meal, or the food eaten at a meal. |
| stodgy |
lacking the ability or inclination to act informally or to find humor or enjoyment in things that others might; stuffy; prim. |
| therapeutic |
of, pertaining to, or capable of healing; curative. |