| cistern |
a tank or other receptacle for catching and storing water, especially rainwater. |
| claimant |
one who alleges something to be true or demands something as one's right. |
| diffidence |
reticence; shyness. |
| diverge |
to extend or move away in different directions from a common point. |
| felicitous |
well-suited or apt; very appropriate. |
| felon1 |
a person who has committed a serious crime, such as murder, rape, or burglary, as opposed to a misdemeanor. |
| fraudulent |
characterized by or based on the use of deceit or trickery. |
| fulcrum |
that which other things are contingent upon or built around; a pivotal point or agent. |
| habitable |
capable of being lived in. |
| hedonist |
one who believes that pleasure-seeking should be the primary goal of humans. |
| imitative |
of, involving, or characterized by reproduction or copying; not original. |
| pillage |
to openly and forcefully seize goods from, as during a war; plunder. |
| precarious |
so unstable or insecure as to be dangerous; risky. |
| recount |
to tell a history of events; relate; narrate. |
| soluble |
able to be dissolved. |