preempt (verb)
temporize (verb)
decry (verb)
grouse (verb, noun)
fiat (noun)
diatribe (noun)
ephemeral (adjective)
picayune (adjective)
litany (noun)
imperturbable (adjective)
vacillate (verb)
cavil (verb, noun)
decimate (verb)
reconnoiter (verb)
ambient (adjective)
fetish (noun)
gregarious (adjective)
desiccated (adjective)
facade (noun)
blandishment (noun)
chicanery (noun)
nostrum (noun)
presage (verb, noun)
restive (adjective)