apocryphal

Subterfuge

a deceptive scheme or strategy.

increment

an increase, addition, or gain, often by regular, consecutive amounts.

imperturbable

calm and assured

levity

excessive frivolity; a lack of seriousness; joking.

apocryphal

of dubious authenticity or origin; spurious.

raconteur

one who tells stories with skill and wit.

periphery

the area around the edges; the outermost part.

mortify

to embarrass or humiliate.

exude

to flow out slowly; to ooze or emit; to give forth; to exhibit in abundance.

gesticulate

to motion energetically with the body or limbs

vacillate

to move back and forth from lack of balance; waver. ; to alternate indecisively between opinions or courses of action.

reiterate

to say or do over again; to repeat.

convene

to summon or cause to assemble; to gather or assemble; to meet formally.

arcane

understood by only a few; mysterious.

expedient

useful for some purpose; convenient; concerned primarily or exclusively with serving one's own interests.