Ingenuity: the quality of being clever, original,
and inventive.
Frauleins: a title or form of address for an
unmarried German speaking young woman.
Vapid: offering nothing that is stimulating or
challenging; bland
Vogue: a prevailing fashion or style at a
particular time
Cult: excessive admiration for a particular thing,
a person or a thing that is popular among
particular group
Studied: (a quality or result) achieved or
maintained by careful and deliberate effort
Demureness: (of a woman or her behavior)
reserved, modest, and shy
Mincing: (of a man) affectedly dainty in manner
or gait; effeminate.
Effeminate: (of a man) having characteristics
regarded as typical of a woman; unmanly
Smirking: smile in an irritating smug, conceited,
or silly way
Doltish: stupid, idiotic (a doltish character)
Mestiza: (feminine) a person of mixed race,
especially having Spanish and ……
Guise: an external form, appearance, or manner
of presentation, typically concealing the true
nature of something.
Frizzing: forming (hair) into a mass of small,
tight curls
Oriental: (v) of, from, or characteristic of the
Far East;
(n) a person of Far Eastern descent
Almond: the oval edible nut-like seed of the
almond tree
Deplorable: deserving strong condemnation;
completely unacceptable; shockingly bad in
quality
Compress: flatten by pressure; squeeze or press
(into)
Diehard: a person who strongly oppose change
or who continues to support something in spite
of opposition
Refinement: the process of removing impurities
or unwanted elements from a substance
Gentility: social superiority as demonstrated by
polite and respectable manners, behavior, or
appearance
Ludicrous: so foolish, unreasonable, or out of
place as to be amusing
Duenna: an older woman acting as a governess
and companion in charge of girls
Corollary: a proposition that follows from one
already proved. (a direct or natural consequence
or result)
Tribulations: cause of great trouble or suffering
Mawkish: sentimental in an exaggerated or false
way.
Banal: so lacking in originality as to be obvious
and boring
Propensity: an inclination or natural tendency to
behave in a particular way
Saccharine: excessively sweet or sentimental
Apotheosis: the highest point in the
development of sth; a culmination or climax.
Gorged: having the neck encircled by a coronet
or collar, especially one of a specified tincture
Immolate: kill or offer as a sacrifice, especially
by burning
Mores: the essential or characteristic customs
and conventions of a society or community
Frantic: distracted with fear, anxiety, or other
emotion
Conventional: based on or in accordance with
what is generally done or believed.
Empirical: based on, concerned with, or
verifiable by observation or experience rather
than theory or pure logic
Quintessential: representing the most perfect or
typical example of a quality or class
Lingua franca: a language that is adoped as a
common language between speakers whose
native languages are different
Clout: having influential political or business
power
Linguistic Imperialism: a policy of extending a
country’s power and influence through
colonization by means of language.
Ideological: a system of ideas and ideals,
especially one which forms the basis of
economic or political theory and policy
Salvaging: retrieving or preserving sth from
potential loss or adverse circumstances
Inherent: existing in sth as a permanent,
essential, or characteristic attribute
Quoth: said