| Term | Definition |
|---|
| ostracized | banished from society; put under the ban; cast out from social, political, or private factor |
| sarcastic | bitterly satirical; scornfully severe, taunting |
| chiffonier | a narrow high chest of drawers or bureauo, often with a mirror |
| falsetto | a male voice in an upper register beyond its normal range |
| ironical | poignantly contrary to what was expected or intended |
| viselike | clamped as in a vise |
| rile | to stir anger |
| fiend | one who is completely absorbed in or obsessed with a given job or pastime |
| monotonous | souded or spoken in an unvarying tone; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety |
| haliotosis | the condition of having stale or foul-smelling breath |
| unscrupulous | devoid of scruples; oblivious to or contemptous of what is right or honorable |
| pacifist | someone opposed to war or violence as a means of resolving disputes |
| lavish | immoderate in giving or bestowing; unstinting; characterized by or produced with extravagance an profusion |
| conscientious | thorough and assiduous; guided by or in accordance with the dictates of conscience; principled |
| unanimous | being in complete harmony or accord; based on or characterized by complete assent or agreement |
| incognito | with one's identity disgised or concealed |
| suave | smoothly agreeable and courteous |
| putrid | decomposed and foul-smelling; rotten |
| nonchalant | seeming to be cooolly unconcerned or indifferent |
| spendthrift | one who spends money recklessly or wastefully |
| bourgeois | belonging to the middle class; having attitudes and behavior are marked by conformity to the standards and conventious of the midle class; marxist theory, a member of the property-owning class; a capitalist |
| blase | uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; unconcerned; nonchalant; very sophisticated |
| rave | to speak wildly, irrationally, or incoherently; to roar; rage |
| enlightening | giving spiritual or intellectual insight to; giving information to; informing or instructing |
| sacrilegious | grossly irreverent toward what is or is held to be sacred |
| boisterous | loud noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline |
| economizing | practicing economy, as by avoiding waste or reducing expenditures |
| digressions | the act of digressing; to turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking; stray |
| provocative | tending to provoke or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exiting controversy; exiting sexual desire |
| humility | the quality or condition of being humble |
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