Vocab

Brouhaha - Excited public interest, discussion, or the like, as the clamor attending some sensational event; hullabaloo.
Cloy - to be weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.
Demeanor - Conduct; behavior; deportment.
Deference - Respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc.
Enigmatic - Resembling an enigma; perplexing; mysterious.
Definitive - Most reliable or complete, as of a text, author, criticism, study, or the like.
Bumptious - Offensively self-assertive.
Choleric - Extremely irritable or easily angered.
Bulwark - A wall of earth or other material built for defense; rampart.
Curtail - To cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce.
Adamant - Utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals.
Profligate - Utterly and shamelessly immoral dissipated; thoroughly
Mawkish - Characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional.
Thwart - To oppose successful; prevent from accomplish a purpose.
Onus - A difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
Requisite - Required or necessary for particular purpose position.
Mollify - To soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
Sartorial - Of or pertaining to tailors or their trade.
Presentiment - A feeling or permission that something is about to happen, especially something evil.
Impromptu - Made or done without previous preparation.
Forbearance - The act of forbearing; a refraining from something.
Remit - To transmit or send money, a check to a person or place, usually in payment.