wistful 物欲しそうな、物思いに沈んだ
To be candid, there is little to be wistful about in the "good old days."
virile 男らしい
entourage 側近たち
corpulent 太った
Is there any veracity in the platitude that corpulant men are jocose?
elucidate ～を解明する
cupidity 貪欲
demur 異議を唱える
truculent 残酷な、けんかっぱやい
ruminate 思いめぐらす
An anomaly of our modern technology is that the more we need to know, the less time we have to ruminate.
taut 緊張した
There was a taut international situation caused by the proximity of unidentified submarines to our coasts.
vertigo 目まい
castigate ～を懲戒する、酷評する
propitious 幸先の良い
equanimity 平静、落ち着き
quandary 困惑
duress 強迫、強制
deride ～をあざける
vituperative 口汚い