- Abstemious- not self-indulgent, esp. when eating or drinking
- August- as an adjective: respected and impressive
- Bumptious- self-assertive or proud to an irritating degree
- Chimerical- something hoped for and wished for but in fact either illusory or impossible to achieve
- Complaisance- willingness to please
- Consonant- in agreement with
- Desultory- lacking purpose, enthusiasm or understanding; in conversation or speech, veering from the essential topic at hand; occasionally: occurring randomly
- Dilettante- an individual who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge
- Expostulate- express strong disagreement or disapproval
- Gloaming- twilight, dusk
- Inculcate- instil by persistent instruction
- Irradiate- illuminate
- Irascible- having or showing a tendency to be easily angered
- Irrupt- enter forcefully or suddenly (not to be confused with errupt)
- Maunder- talk in a rambling manner
- Mien- a person's look or manner, esp. one indicating their character or mood
- Parvenu- a person of obscure origin who has gained wealth, fame or influence. Often derogatory.
- Piquant- pleasantly stimulating or mentally exciting
- Prognathous- projecting, in the anatomical case of the lower jaw in humans or of the mandibles in insects
- Sedulous- showing dedication or diligence
- Sententious- given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner
- Shibboleth- a custom, principle, or belief that distinguishes one group of people from another, esp. a long standing one regarded as outmoded or no longer important
- Vaticinate- to tell the future
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