Word Smart 13

Theoretical; Impersonal

Someone or something that went before; something that provides a model for something that came after it

Middle class, usually in a pejorative sense; boringly conventional

A magical-seeming ability to attract followers or inspire loyalty

Trickery; deceitfulness; artifice, especially legal or political

Deserving blame; guilty

To dry out

skillful; adroit

A pleasant or inoffensive expression used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one

To show off; to display ostentatiously

Accidental; occurring by chance

Leadership, especially of one nation over another

Silly; senseless

To make very angry

exaggeratedly mournful