Acculturation
Noun. : cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture
Aggrandize
Verb. to make something great or greater: increase or enlarge
Ambivalent
Adj. having or showing simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings toward something or someone
Bellicose
Adj. favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars
Benefactor
Noun. someone or something that provides help or an advantage
Brazen
Adj. marked by shameless or disrespectful boldness
Careen
Verb. move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way in a specified direction
Cerebral
Adj. of or relating to the brain or the intellect
Contrive
Verb. devise, plan
Digress
Verb. to turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument
Dismal
adj. showing or causing gloom or depression
Duplicitous
adj. deceptive in words or actions
Ephemeral
adj. lasting a very short time
Equitable
adj. dealing equally and fairly
Fallacious
adj. tending to deceive or mislead
Frivolous
adj. of little weight or importance
Gaudy
adj. extravagantly bright or showy
Incendiary
adj. flammable
Inordinate
adj. exceeding reasonable limits
Mar
verb. to ruin or diminish the perfection; spoil
Nebulous
adj. unclear or vague
Nefarious
adj. evil
Paramount
adj. superior or supreme
Pensive
adj. musingly or dreamily thoughtful
Pragmatic
adj. dealing with a problem in a sensible way that suits the conditions that really exist
Procure
verb, obtain or secure, especially with care or effort
Proponent
noun. advocate
Quell
verb. put an end to or pacify
Remiss
adj. careless
Tantamount
adj. equivalent in value, significance, or effect