| apportion |
to assign, adjust, or distribute parts so as to maintain the proper proportion; allot. |
| charlatan |
one who deceitfully claims to possess a particular skill or expertise; fraud; quack. |
| defunct |
no longer in existence or use; dead; extinct. |
| digression |
the act or result of straying from the main topic. |
| inherent |
existing in or belonging to something as an essential or inborn part of its nature; innate; intrinsic. |
| maxim |
a brief, concise statement of a general or basic truth or rule, especially for proper conduct. |
| neutrality |
the foreign policy of a nation that refuses to take sides in an international dispute. |
| overbear |
to dominate or overwhelm; prevail over. |
| plenitude |
abundance; fullness. |
| prescriptive |
that prescribes; setting down rules. |
| regurgitate |
to surge or pour back or out, especially from of a place of containment, as gases, liquids, or undigested food. |
| stipulate |
to specify or arrange as a condition of an agreement. |
| surmount |
to get over or past; overcome; conquer. |
| vaporize |
to cause to become or diffuse as a vapor or gas; atomize; evaporate. |
| verdant |
green. |