impassive

revealing no emotion; expressionless

credibility

believability

statute

a law enacted by a legislature

vehement

characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion

sordid

morally degraded

apprehension

fearful or uneasy anticipation of the future

impertinence

disrespectfulness

brevity

the quality of being brief in duration; concise

demise

death; the end of existence

recluse

a person who withdraws from the world to live in seclusion