Vocabulary

avant garde

the advanced group in any field, especially in the visual literacy or musical arts whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental metehods

bravado

a pretentious false display of courage

caustic

severely critical or sarcastic

ennui

boredom

equabimity

calmness

fastidious

excessively particular, critical or demanding; hard to please

hodonist

a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self gratification

idiosyncratic

a characteristic habit mannerism

idyllic

charmingly simple or rustic

maudlin

foolishly sentimental tearfully or weakly eemotional

panacea

an answer or solution for all problems or difficulties

Quintessence

the most perfect embodiment of something

scintillating

witty or brilliantly clever

teetotaler

a person who abstains totally for intoxicating drinking

tete a tete

a private conversation usually between two people