| adherent |
one who supports or follows a person, party, principle, or the like (usually followed by "of"). |
| agitation |
the condition of being disturbed, anxious, or upset. |
| alimony |
money that a court orders one member of a divorced couple to pay to the other. |
| antipodes |
places directly opposite each other on the surface of the earth, as the North Pole and the South Pole. |
| bourgeois |
of, related to, or characteristic of the middle class. |
| equivocation |
the act of communicating in ambiguous, shifting, or indecisive terms, often to avoid or deceive. |
| linguistic |
of or pertaining to language or the study of language. |
| pellucid |
extremely clear in meaning. |
| prohibitive |
serving as a preventative. |
| ramification |
a consequence or related aspect of something; offshoot. |
| reinstate |
to put back into a former position, condition, or state of effectiveness. |
| retard |
to cause (growth, development, or the like) to be slow or incomplete; stunt. |
| slough2 |
to shed or discard; rid oneself of. |
| succumb |
to give in or give way to a fatal illness, superior force, overwhelming desire, or the like; yield. |
| vagrant |
one who lacks a permanent home and wanders from place to place; nomad; tramp. |