Man and Superman

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sheepish

feeling embarrassment; lacking confidence

obstinate

stubborn

gregarious

sociable; talkative

starched

stiffened (fabric or clothing) with starch

fractious

inclined to unruliness or conflict

lascivious

feeling or displaying sexual interest

Trifling

Trivial or unimportant

Gentility

The state of being elegant or proper

Impute

Attribute or assign

Mendacity

Untruthfulness

Expiatory

Serving to make amends for

Mephistophelian

Wicked; mischievous (associated with Mephistopheles, the devil in the "Faust" legend)

Fecundity

Fertility (in a literal or figurative sense)

Metaphysics

A branch of philosophy dealing with basic abstract principles such as time, space, and knowledge

Libertine

A person who chooses to indulge in sensory pleasure regardless of consequences; or the state of choosing to indulge in sensory pleasure regardless of consequences

Catspaw

A person who is used by others as a tool

Superman

In a Nietzschean sense: a superior man who fulfills the ultimate purpose of human existence

Provincial

Associated with the part of a country outside its capital; in an extended sense, unsophisticated, unworldly

Humbug

To deceive

Brigand

A person or member of a group that attacks and robs people in isolated areas

Coquette

A flirtatious or teasing woman

Consanguinity

The condition of being descended from a common ancestor

Apostasy

The abandonment or renunciation of beliefs, principles, and faith