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| Explanation of alacrity (noun) eager readiness; speed Sample of alacrity The manager was so impressed by the worker's alacrity; he suggested a promotion. On the first day of her new job, the recent college graduate was able to leave early after completing all of her tasks with alacrity.
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| Explanation of equanimity (noun) poise; composure; dignity; aplomb Sample of equanimity Great leaders are able to face turbulent times with equanimity and remain strong under stress. Equanimity can be reached when stress is removed from life.
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| Explanation of chicanery (noun) trickery; deception; scheming Sample of chicanery The swindler was trained in chicanery. A news broadcast is no place for chicanery.
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| Explanation of accolade (noun) approving or praising mention; award; honor Sample of accolade Rich accolades were bestowed on the returning hero. Accolades flowed into her dressing room following the opening-night triumph.
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| Explanation of condolence (noun) consolation; commiseration Sample of condolence Saddened sympathizers offer condolence: that we are the victim of our own success --; that it was Labour's postwar achievements that gave rise to today's affluent but now electorally ungrateful majority. At about this time the wife of one of Leslie's men, anticipating the ultimate verdict, sent me a highly elaborate printed card intended as an acknowledgment of condolence on the loss of her husband.
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| Explanation of veneer (noun) superficial appearance or show designed to impress one with superiority Sample of veneer The erosion of values and moral standards, the relativism of life, the shocking things that happen, reveal that our civilization is but a veneer that hides a viciousness and rottenness that frighten us all.
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| Explanation of hiatus (noun) interval; break; period of rest; separation; interruption; opening Sample of hiatus Summer vacation provided a much-needed hiatus for the students. Between graduation and the first day of his new job, Tim took a three-month hiatus in the Caribbean.
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| Explanation of consternation (noun) amazement or terror that causes confusion; shock; dismay; alarm Sample of consternation The look of consternation on the child's face caused her father to panic.
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| Explanation of platitude (noun) dull and commonplace remark; banality; superficiality; commonplace Sample of platitude Not since Harold Wilson prattled on about the white heat of the technological revolution - or some similar meaningless platitude - and launched Concorde, has there been so much talk about innovation and our intellectual heritage.
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| Explanation of masquerade (noun) disguise; group of people in disguise or fancy costumes Sample of masquerade She was, perhaps, an amalgam of the two, and her masquerade, begun, she now knew, almost as the game Dr Neil had called it, had, in turning into something more serious, changed her as well. Dressing up, role playing and masquerade form the conceptual basis of Kahlo's work.
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