| alimony |
money that a court orders one member of a divorced couple to pay to the other. |
| commune2 |
a group of people living together as a community, working collectively on land owned in common or by a government. |
| delimit |
to define or mark the boundaries of; demarcate. |
| discredit |
to harm the reputation of. |
| encampment |
a place where a rough, temporary living area has been set up. |
| inordinate |
beyond the bounds of reason; excessive. |
| leaven |
to produce fermentation in (dough or batter), consequently causing the dough or batter to rise in the process of baking. |
| miasma |
a thick, obscuring vapor. |
| nihilism |
the belief that existence has no meaning or purpose. |
| obliterate |
to erase or make unrecognizable by erasing. |
| scandalous |
causing, or likely to cause, a scandal; shocking; disgraceful. |
| simultaneous |
existing, happening, or done at the same time. |
| striate |
to mark with stripes or furrows. |
| tutelage |
the act or function of a teacher, especially one who gives lessons to individuals; instruction; teaching. |
| viscid |
of a gluelike consistency. |