| ancillary | auxiliary, subsidiary, accessory |
| bowdlerize | censor, purge, expurgate |
| condescend | deign |
| cozen | dupe, deceive, beguile, inveigle |
| enclave | island, subgroup |
| forte | gift, aptitude, specialty |
| gratis | on the house; free; without charge |
| icon | emblem, idol |
| interstice | gap, slot ,crevice, interval, lacuna |
| macrocosm | cosmos, entirety |
| mountebank | impostor, quack, trickster, swindler, charlatan |
| paean | hymn; ode; anthem; song of praise, joy or triumph |
| persiflage | banter, jesting, repartee, badinage |
| plethora | surplus, surfeit, glut, excess |
| pragmatic | down-to-earth, businesslike, practical |
| quizzical | peculiar, perplexed, mystified, derisive |
| rapacity | avarice, cupidity; voraciousness; greed |
| schism | rift, breach |
| therapeutic | curative, salutary, salubrious, having the power to heal, beneficial |
| virtuoso | expert, master, prodigy, maestro |