| brandish |
to wave or shake (something such as a weapon) in a threatening or agitated manner. |
| capitalist |
one who supports an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately owned, and prices are chiefly determined by open competition in a free market. |
| connive |
to join secretly in a plot; conspire. |
| courier |
someone who delivers messages, packages, and the like, especially for a government, military organization, or business. |
| extrapolate |
to make an estimate or inference of (future probability or the like) on the basis of what is already known or has already occurred. |
| fallible |
capable of making mistakes; liable to error. |
| inveterate |
persisting in a habit, action, feeling, or the like. |
| iterate |
to say or do again or repeatedly. |
| junta |
a small group, often of military officers, acting as the rulers of a nation, especially provisionally after the overthrow of a previous government. |
| manifold |
abundant and varied. |
| optic |
of or concerning the eye or the sense of sight. |
| perdition |
the loss of the soul for eternity; damnation. |
| turpitude |
moral baseness; depravity. |
| viscid |
of a gluelike consistency. |
| voracious |
consuming large quantities of food with greed or great desire; ravenous. |