discreet 思慮のある
Despite the plethora of offers to write her life story, the recently discovered movie queen kept a discreet silence.
foment ～を助長する、あおる
In order to foment trouble, they fabricated a deplorable and blatant untruth.
＊blatant 見え透いた、騒々しい
glean 拾い集める
The reporters could not glean anything from her servants.
slovenly だらしない、不注意な
She loathed doing menial tasks, and she did them in a slovenly manner.
penitent 悔い改めた
The inveterate gambler became petinent and contrite when faced with the results of his reprehensible behavior.
＊inveterate 頑固な、 contrite 悔恨の
importune ～にうるさくせがむ
sanguine 快活な、陽気な
evanescent つかのまの、はかない
The optimist knows that the vicissitudes of life are evanescent, and she always looks on the sanguine side on things.
＊vicissitude 移り変わり、栄枯盛衰
tantamount 等しい
At the zenith of his career, he was tantamount to a final arbiter on matters of economic policy.
propensity 傾向、性癖
Some girls have a propensity for swarthy men who wear gaudy clothes
＊swarthy 日に焼けた
propitious 都合の良い、吉兆の