| arbitration |
the consideration and decision of an issue or dispute by someone who has the official authority to decide such matters. |
| desist |
to stop acting in a certain way. |
| dregs |
the part of anything that is left over or that has the least value or use. |
| financier |
a person skilled in or occupied in financial operations, usually on a large scale. |
| garner |
to accumulate, acquire, or receive in abundance. |
| liaison |
a communication link between groups or between parts of an organization, or a person or group that performs this function. |
| populace |
the people who live in a particular place. |
| pugnacious |
ready or eager to fight; overly aggressive or quarrelsome. |
| rescind |
to take back or make invalid; revoke. |
| servile |
very submissive to another's authority; slavish. |
| supersede |
to take over the position or influence of; replace. |
| suppress |
to stop the activities or progress of, especially by force. |
| surmount |
to get over or past; overcome; conquer. |
| throe |
(usually plural) any convulsive or anguished struggle, or great exertion. |
| utopia |
(often capitalized) an imagined or proposed place or society that is ideal, especially in its laws, ethics, and treatment of humanity. |