| affiliate |
to join as a member or smaller branch of (usually followed by "with"). |
| cessation |
a pausing or stopping; discontinuance. |
| circumscribe |
to keep within bounds; confine; restrict. |
| complaisance |
willingness to please. |
| consolidate |
to join together into a whole; combine. |
| cumulative |
becoming larger or greater by means of gradual addition. |
| elitist |
believing in, supporting, or promoting the superiority of a select or privileged group. |
| moot |
not clearly settled; arguable; debatable. |
| nub |
the main point, gist, or essence of something. |
| patrician |
of, concerning, or belonging to an aristocratic class. |
| pestilence |
an epidemic, usually deadly, disease; plague. |
| profiteer |
a person who gains excessive profits, especially by selling scarce commodities at very high prices. |
| progression |
the act of moving forward or onward. |
| residue |
a substance or quantity that remains after a part has been removed or after a process has been completed. |
| wayward |
difficult to control; willfully disobedient. |