approbation

n

official approval, sanction, or commendation

assess

v

to estimate or determine the significance, importance, or value of; evaluate

condone

v

to forgive, pardon, or overlook

chortle

v

to make a gleeful chuckling or snorting sound

demure

adj

decorous, modest, reserved; affectedly modest or shy

equivocal

adj

having one or more interpretation or meaning; purposely vague, misleading, or ambiguous

foible

n

a small weakness; slight frailty in character

fiasco

n

a complete failure; especially an ambitious project that ends as a ridiculous failure

invidious

adj

exciting ill will or envy, giving offense

mercurial

adj

having qualities suggestive of mercury; quick, quick-witted, volatile, changeable, fickle

patronize

v

to treat or deal with in a condescending manner

ersatz

n, adj

substitute or synthetic; the word usually suggests inferior quality

prurient

adj

having or expressing lustful ideas or desires, lascivious, lewd

serpentine

adj

evilly cunning or treacherous, cunning or subtle, coil or twisted, winding

rudimentary

adj

elementary, incompletely or imperfectly developed

surreptitious

adj

done, get, made etc. in a secret, stealthy way; clandestine; acting in a secret, stealthy way

volition

n

the act, power, or facility of using the will; exercise of the will as in deciding what to do

voracious

adj

greedy in eating; very greedy or eager in some desire or pursuit; insatiable

procure

v

to get or bring about by some effort; obtain; secure

segue

v

an immediate transition from one part to another, as in music