| abdicate |
to officially give up a position of power or a right. |
| conservatism |
a general preference for the traditional; disinclination to change. |
| consolidate |
to join together into a whole; combine. |
| detachment |
a feeling or condition of being impartial or uninvolved. |
| diminution |
the act, process, or result of decreasing or declining. |
| fervid |
heated or impassioned; intensely enthusiastic. |
| invoice |
a detailed statement of goods sold or shipped or of services provided, including their prices or charges. |
| macabre |
of, pertaining to, depicting, or evoking death or the horrors of death; gruesome; ghastly. |
| regression |
the act or condition of return to an earlier form or less advanced state; biological or psychological reversion. |
| reimburse |
to pay back for (expenses or losses incurred). |
| reverberation |
the continuation of a sound after the source of the sound has been cut off. |
| solicit |
to try to obtain (business, recruits, donations, help, or the like) by persuasion, formal request, or pleading. |
| spat1 |
a short, slight quarrel. |
| vicissitude |
(usually plural) unexpected and unforeseeable changes or shifts, as in one's circumstances. |
| whimsy |
an odd, fanciful, or capricious notion, or such notions collectively. |