embarrassed, ashamed, or nonplussed

• abashed
• articulate
• resolute
• genial

to be in, or to expose oneself to, pleasant warmth; to take pleasure in or derive enjoyment from

• defect
• purge
• articulate
• bask

a person or thing carrying the blame for others

• finesse
• pseudonym
• repercussion
• scapegoat

forewarning or foreboding of a future event

• premonition
• anguish
• purge
• repercussion

to exclude from a group, banish, send away

• forthright
• ostracize
• flaunt
• bask

to add gradually; to introduce or cause to be taken in

• finesse
• purge
• instill
• anguish

a pen name, name assumed by a writer

• pseudonym
• premonition
• scapegoat
• aloof

able to hold, keep, or recall; retaining knowledge easily

• retentive
• resolute
• defect
• articulate

delicate skill; tact and cleverness; to accomplish something by cleverness, good judgement, or skillful evasion

• rehabilitate
• instill
• flaunt
• finesse

withdrawn, standing apart from others (usually as a matter of choice)

• bask
• abashed
• aloof
• anguish