| anathema |
something or someone despised or cursed. |
| annul |
to make nonexistent or ineffective; cancel. |
| credible |
believable or plausible. |
| dissuade |
to urge or convince not to do something. |
| douse1 |
to place or plunge in water or another liquid; immerse. |
| euphemism |
the word or expression so substituted. |
| exigent |
requiring immediate attention; urgent or critical. |
| franchise |
a right or privilege conferred by a government, especially the right to vote or the rights and powers of incorporation. |
| impecunious |
lacking funds; penniless. |
| inescapable |
unable to be avoided or ignored. |
| memoir |
an account of facts or events based primarily on the author's personal experience. |
| recalcitrant |
stubbornly disobedient; refractory. |
| replenish |
to make complete or full again; refill. |
| sophistry |
a subtle, deceptive method of reasoning or arguing, involving statements that sound plausible but are actually false or fallacious. |
| utopia |
(often capitalized) an imagined or proposed place or society that is ideal, especially in its laws, ethics, and treatment of humanity. |