| atheist |
a person who believes that there is no god or gods. |
| consort |
a wife or husband, especially of a royal personage. |
| electrify |
to shock, startle, or excite. |
| equilibrium |
a state of balance between two or more forces. |
| equinox |
either of the two times during the year when the sun's rays are perpendicular to the earth's equator, occurring in March and September. During the equinox, day and night are both 12 hours long all over the world. |
| extant |
still in existence; current; not extinct, destroyed, or lost. |
| gratis |
without charging money; freely. |
| overture |
an opening move to begin something. |
| pacifist |
one who opposes war and refuses to practice or acknowledge violence as a way of settling disputes or resisting aggression. |
| penance |
an act of punishment or self-discipline voluntarily undergone to show regret at having done something wrong. |
| preventable |
having the possibility of being prevented; capable of being stopped or kept from happening. |
| repercussion |
(usually plural) a result or effect of an action or event, often occurring indirectly or unexpectedly. |
| scanty |
barely adequate; meager. |
| supersede |
to take over the position or influence of; replace. |
| tenet |
any belief, opinion, doctrine, or the like, that a person or especially an organization holds as being true. |