breach
an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
impasse
a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
cataclysm
a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
pithy
concise and full of meaning
poseur
a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
canard
a deliberately misleading fabrication
recalcitrant
stubbornly resistant to authority or control
deprecate
express strong disapproval of; deplore
extricate
release from entanglement of difficulty
trajectory
the path followed by an object moving through space
wayward
resistant to guidance or discipline
dissemble
behave unnaturally or affectedly
remorse
a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
dissident
a person who dissents from some established policy
ingenuous
lacking in sophistication or worldliness
grandiloquence
high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
estrange
remove from customary environment or associations
caucus
meet to select a candidate or promote a policy
embroil
force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
posture
the arrangement of the body and its limbs
