(n.) a slip in manners or conduct; a social blunder
What is faux pas?
100
(n.) one who makes a practice of taking advantage of circumstances to further his or her own self-interest, regardless of principles or ultimate consequences
What is an opportunist?
100
(adj.) continuing over a long period of time or recurring often
What is a chronic symptom?
100
(v.) to engage in a petty or peevish dispute; to move or run rapidly, rush; to flicker, quiver
What is bickering?
100
(n.) inflated or pretentious language in speech or writing; a cloth made of cotton and flax
What is fustian?
200
(adj.) lacking in sincerity or candor
What is disingenuity?
200
(adj.) obstinately or willfully disobedient; openly rebellious
What is contumaciousness?
200
(v.) to blend together or fuse so as to form one body or substance
What does it mean to coalesce?
200
(v.) to make less serious or severe by glossing over; to relieve without actually curing, mitigate
What does it mean to palliate?
200
(adj.) certain of the truth of one's own ideas; inclined to state opinions as if they were indisputable facts
What is dogmatism?
300
(n.) an irascible, churlish person
What is a curmudgeon?
300
(n.) the power to choose, will, or decide; the act of choosing, willing, or deciding
What is volition?
300
(n.) an inopportune or embarrassing occurrence; a mishap
What is a contretemps?
300
(adj.) extravagantly patriotic; blindly devoted to a cause; (n.) such a person
What is a chauvinist?
300
(n.) haughtiness of bearing or attitude
What is hauteur?
400
(n.) a curse; the act of cursing
What is an imprecation?
400
(adj.) not guided or restrained by conscience, prudence, or reason; unscrupulous; immoderate
What is unconscionableness?
400
(n.) a rolling up, coiling, or twisting together; a sinuous folding or design
What is convolution?
400
(v.) to distribute or apportion by or as if by measure; to allot
What does it mean to mete?
400
(n.) the point in the orbit of a heavenly body or artificial satellite farthest from the earth; the farthest or highest point
What is an apogee?
500
(n.) customs and regulations dealing with official behavior and etiquette, as in a court or among diplomats; a type of international agreement; a memorandum, official account, or record
What is protocol?
500
(adj.) morally or sexually unrestrained; having no regard for accepted rules, customs, or laws
What is licentiousness?
500
(n.) something that completes a whole; the quantity or number needed to make up a whole; the full number or allowance; (v.) to complete
What is a complement?
500
(n.) party strife and intrigue
What is factionalism?
500
(n.) excessive pride in and boastfulness about one's own accomplishments or qualities; a vain show or display