| circumscribe |
to keep within bounds; confine; restrict. |
| contraband |
goods banned by law from being imported or exported. |
| empirical |
based on or verifiable by experience or experiment, rather than on or by theory. |
| feasible |
capable of being done, carried out, or brought about; likely to succeed. |
| grandiloquent |
speaking or expressed in a pretentious, pompous, or excessively ornate fashion. |
| implode |
to violently collapse or compress inward. |
| incendiary |
causing or having the potential to cause a fire. |
| infinitesimal |
of a thing or quantity, too small to be measured or calculated. |
| laity |
the body of members of a religious group who are not part of the clergy. |
| parody |
a humorous imitation in print, music, or performance of a serious person, work of art, or publication. |
| regression |
the act or condition of return to an earlier form or less advanced state; biological or psychological reversion. |
| revelry |
noisy merrymaking. |
| rue1 |
to regret, repent of, or feel sorry about. |
| short-term |
covering, lasting, or completed in a short period. |
| stratum |
a level in a social hierarchy. |