| commune2 |
a group of people living together as a community, working collectively on land owned in common or by a government. |
| disenfranchise |
to deprive (someone) of a right of citizenship, especially the right to vote. |
| disparage |
to depreciate or belittle, especially in speech. |
| distend |
to swell or cause to swell from, or as if from, internal pressure; balloon. |
| epigram |
a short, pithy, often paradoxical sentence. |
| flaccid |
without firmness; soft; flabby. |
| gradation |
a gradual almost imperceptible change, especially from one tone or texture to another. |
| irony |
a manner of using language so that it conveys a different or opposite meaning to that which is literally expressed in the words themselves. Irony is used in ordinary conversation and also as a literary technique, especially to express criticism or to produce humor or pathos. |
| postulate |
to assert as something true, especially as a basis for reasoning. |
| progeny |
a descendant, or descendants collectively; offspring. |
| refractory |
obstinately disobedient; difficult to control, as a child or animal. |
| resurgent |
surging or rising once again; coming back. |
| stringent |
rigorous or exacting; strict. |
| tertiary |
third in order, rank, importance, degree, or the like. |
| tout |
to publicize flatteringly and boastfully. |