| buttress |
a structure built to give support to the outside of a building or a wall. |
| crony |
a close friend or ally (often used pejoratively). |
| expiate |
to atone or make amends for (a sin, crime, offense, or the like). |
| focal |
of or relating to focus. |
| fragmentary |
consisting of fragments; incomplete or disconnected. |
| indecisive |
not definite or conclusive. |
| lionize |
to view or treat (someone) as a celebrity or extraordinary person. |
| patronize |
to act in an offensively superior manner toward. |
| pessimist |
one who usually expects a bad outcome. |
| primacy |
the state of being first, earliest, most essential, or most important. |
| profuse |
great in amount or number. |
| recast |
to rewrite, reconstruct, or conceive again in a different form. |
| savory1 |
having a pleasant taste or smell; appetizing. |
| sinewy |
of sinew, or sinewlike; strong; tough. |
| vindictive |
desirous of revenge; vengeful. |