condescend (V)
stoop, deign, patronize
Interstice (N)
gap, slot, crevice, interval, lacuna
Icon (N)
image, symbol, emblem, idol
Mountebank (N)
Imposer, quack, charlatan, swindler
Rapacity (N)
Avarice, greediness, cupidity, voraciousness
Bowdlerize (V)
censor, purge, expurge
Paean (N)
hymn, ode, anthem
Virtuoso (N)
expert, master, prodigy, maestro
Gratis (adj/adv)
free of charge, "on the house", freely
Forte (N)
gift, aptitude, specialty, strong suit
Therapeutic (adj)
Curative, salutary, salubrious, beneficial
Schism (N)
Rift, breach, split in the ranks
Quizzical (Adj)
Peculiar, perplexed, mystified, derisive
Persiflage (N)
Banter, jesting, repartee, badinage
Pragmatic (Adj)
practical, down-to-earth, businesslike
Plethora (N)
superfluity, surplus, surfeit, glut, excess
Cozen (V)
Dupe, deceive, to beguile, inveigle
Ancillary (adj)
auxiliary, subsidiary, accessory,
macrocosm (N)
universe, cosmos, entirely
Enclave (N)
island, subgroup