| taciturn | reluctant to join in conversation; silent in manner |
| vapid | lacking liveliness; flavorless; dull |
| alleged | stated positively but without proof |
| expunge | to erase completely |
| corroborate | to support; to make more certain |
| circumstantial | referring to indirect evidence or accompanying events that lead someone to believe that something actually happened |
| eccentric | acting a way that is unusual, peculiar or out of the ordinary;odd |
| hypocrisy | claiming to hold beliefs or virtues that one really does not possess |
| prdilection | a preconceived liking or preference for something |
| propensity | a natural inclination or tendency |
| caste | rigid class distinction based on birth, race, wealth etc. |
| cantankerous | hard to get along with; ill-tempered; grouchy |
| edification | moral or spiritual instruction or improvement |
| mortification | shame; humiliation; embarrassed to death! |
| deportment | the way a person acts or behaves |
| condescend | to do something one feels is beneath one's dignity;to treat people in a patronizing or superior way |
| acrimonious | bitter and irritating in temper, manner or speech |
| contentious | fond of arguing; quarrelsome |
| mollify | to soften in temper; to calm or pacify |
| civil | polite in a merely formal way; refraining from rudeness |