| augury |
the art or practice or an instance of predicting the future or obtaining hidden knowledge by interpreting omens. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| daunt |
to lessen the determination of; intimidate; discourage. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |