| cede |
to give up or surrender, especially formally. |
| colloquial |
characteristic of or suited to informal or familiar conversation or to writing that is imitative of conversational tone. |
| criminality |
the condition or fact of being against the law; illegality. |
| discordant |
in conflict or disagreement. |
| dispassionate |
without strong feeling or bias; calm; impartial. |
| inducement |
something used to persuade someone to a course of action; incentive. |
| mercurial |
volatile in temper; changeable; fickle. |
| nullify |
to cause to have no value or consequence. |
| ornamentation |
decoration; embellishment. |
| probity |
proven trustworthiness; honesty; integrity. |
| prologue |
an introduction to a spoken or written work such as a speech or play; preface. |
| revelry |
noisy merrymaking. |
| solicitous |
anxiously or tenderly concerned or attentive (usually followed by about, of, or for.) |
| stagnate |
to be or become motionless, fouled, or lacking in energy, originality, or development. |
| torpid |
dormant or inactive, as in hibernation. |