- à la informal: in the style or manner of.
- abrogated repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement).
- ad nauseam used to refer to the fact that something has been done or repeated so often that it has become annoying or tiresome.
- armistice an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce.
- barracks a large building or group of buildings used to house soldiers.
- benzoin a fragrant gum resin obtained from a tropical East Asian tree, used in medicines, perfumes, and incense.
- boon a thing that is helpful or beneficial. |
- cardinal of the greatest importance; fundamental.
- complicity the fact or condition of being involved with others in an activity that is unlawful or morally wrong.
- consecrated make or declare (something, typically a church) sacred; dedicate formally to a religious purpose. | informal: devote (something) exclusively to a particular purpose.
- curlew a large wading bird of the sandpiper family, with a long down-curved bill, brown streaked plumage, and frequently a distinctive ascending two-note call.
- decree an official order that has the force of law.
- delegate a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference. | entrust (a task or responsibility) to another person, typically one who is less senior than oneself.
- drivel nonsense.
- engorge cause to swell with blood, water, or another fluid.
- flogged beat (someone) with a whip or stick as a punishment.
- fortuitous happening by chance rather than intention.
- goading provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction.
- grouses complain about something trivial; grumble.
- harebrained rash; ill-judged.
- karst landscape underlain by limestone which has been eroded by dissolution, producing ridges, towers, fissures, sinkholes and other characteristic landforms.
- kerfuffle a commotion or fuss, especially one caused by conflicting views.
- lech act in a lecherous or lustful manner. | a lecher
- magnate a wealthy and influential businessman or businesswoman.
- mangy in poor condition; shabby.
- municipality a town or district that has local government.
- nascent (especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.
- petulant (of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered.
- predilection a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favour of something.
- providence the protective care of God or of nature as a spiritual power. | timely preparation for future eventualities.
- relegated assign an inferior rank or position to.
- resplendent shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid: troops resplendent in white uniforms; resplendent virtues.
- ruse an action intended to deceive someone; a trick.
- sagacious having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgement; wise or shrewd.
- saltpeter the form of potassium nitrate, KNO 3, that occurs naturally, used in the manufacture of fireworks, fluxes, gunpowder, etc.; niter.
- sanctity the state or quality of being holy, sacred, or saintly
- scapular of or relating to the shoulders or the scapula or scapulae.
- scintillating animated; vivacious; effervescent: a scintillating personality.
- scourge a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
- scraggly ragged, thin, or untidy in form or appearance.
- scrupulous having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights. | punctiliously or minutely careful, precise, or exact: a scrupulous attention to detail in their performance.
- sedition incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
- seismic pertaining to, of the nature of, or caused by an earthquake or vibration of the earth, whether due to natural or artificial causes.
- sentinel a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching.
- sentry a member of a guard or watch.
- sequester isolate or hide away
- seraph a member of the highest order of angels, often represented as a child's head with wings above, below, and on each side.
- sheen Glistening brightness; luster:
- singeing to burn superficially or slightly; scorch.
- sizable fairly large.
- skein a length of yarn or thread wound on a reel or swift preparatory for use in manufacturing. | a flock of geese, ducks, or the like, in flight.
- slat a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- slavering let saliva run from the mouth. | show excessive admiration or desire.
- sloshed (of liquid in a container) move irregularly with a splashing sound.
- someplace somewhere.
- spastic Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by spasm, especially tonic spasm.
- spry (especially of an old person) active; lively.
- statism the principle or policy of concentrating extensive economic, political, and related controls in the state at the cost of individual liberty.
- status quo ante the way things were before.
- status quo the existing state or condition.
- stentorian very loud or powerful in sound.
- straddle to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride.
- straggle to stray from the road, course, or line of march.
- stropping sharpen on or with a strop.
- strychnine a bitter and highly poisonous compound obtained from nux vomica and related plants. An alkaloid, it has occasionally been used as a stimulant.
- subrogate to put into the place of another; substitute for another.
- subterfuge an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.
- subversion the state of being subverted; destruction.
- subversion the state of being subverted; destruction. | (subvert: to cause the downfall, ruin, or destruction of.)
- succinctly expressed in few words; concise; terse.
- suffuse to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.
- surly unfriendly or hostile; menacingly irritable: a surly old lion.
- surreptitious obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine.
- surrogate a substitute.
- taciturn (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
- tarry to delay or be tardy in acting, starting, coming, etc.; linger or loiter.
- tassel a tuft of loosely hanging threads or cords knotted at one end and attached for decoration to soft furnishings, clothing, or other items.
- terseness neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- thereupon immediately following that.
- titular holding or constituting a purely formal position or title without any real authority.
- tourniquet a device for stopping the flow of blood through a vein or artery, typically by compressing a limb with a cord or tight bandage.
- trepid fearful or apprehensive, especially trembling from fear.
- truant a pupil who stays away from school without leave or explanation.
- tumultuous raising a great clatter and commotion; disorderly or noisy: a tumultuous crowd of students.
- unconscionable not right or reasonable.
- understatement the presentation of something as being smaller or less good or important than it really is.
- unilateral relating to, occurring on, or involving one side only.
- untoward unfavorable or unfortunate
- vault to extend or stretch over in the manner of an arch; overarch: An arbor vaulted the path.
- verisimilitude the appearance of being true or real.
- veritable being truly or very much so: a veritable triumph.
- vicariously taking the place of another person or thing; acting or serving as a substitute. | felt or enjoyed through imagined participation in the experience of others: a vicarious thrill.
- vicissitude a change or variation occurring in the course of something.
- vignette a short, usually descriptive literary sketch.
- vocation a strong impulse or inclination to follow a particular activity or career.
- voracious wanting or devouring great quantities of food. | engaging in an activity with great eagerness or enthusiasm.
- votive expressing or symbolizing a wish, desire, or vow
- wares articles offered for sale. | manufactured articles of a specified type. "crystal ware"
- wicker something made of wickerwork, as a basket.
- yoke a wooden crosspiece that is fastened over the necks of two animals and attached to the plough or cart that they are to pull. | a part of a garment that fits over the shoulders and to which the main part of the garment is attached.
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