| bourgeois |
of, related to, or characteristic of the middle class. |
| coherent |
lumping, holding, or sticking together. |
| confluence |
a joining of two or more streams, or their point of junction. |
| distill |
to subject (a substance) to heat to the point of vaporization, and then to cooling to produce condensation. |
| dormer |
a window set vertically into a projecting structure on a sloping roof. |
| exculpate |
to free (a person or group) from guilt or blame, or from the suspicion of guilt or blame. |
| fallible |
capable of making mistakes; liable to error. |
| ignominious |
characterized by or associated with disgrace, dishonor, or shame; humiliating. |
| languid |
lacking or not showing strength, energy, or spirit; weak, slow, or listless. |
| lionize |
to view or treat (someone) as a celebrity or extraordinary person. |
| neutrality |
the foreign policy of a nation that refuses to take sides in an international dispute. |
| prohibitive |
serving as a preventative. |
| tenet |
any belief, opinion, doctrine, or the like, that a person or especially an organization holds as being true. |
| tensile |
of or relating to tension. |
| theocracy |
a form of government in which a god or gods are acknowledged as the ultimate authority. |