| alacrity |
willing promptness. |
| autocracy |
rule by one person with absolute power; despotism. |
| cathartic |
of or pertaining to a cleansing emotional release. |
| iconoclastic |
attacking or breaking away from established traditions, beliefs, or values. |
| incorrigible |
incapable of being controlled or influenced for the better. |
| intrinsic |
being essential to or of the nature of a thing; inherent. |
| morose |
gloomy or sullen. |
| pollinate |
to move or carry pollen to a plant, causing the seeds to be fertilized. |
| posterior |
located behind or toward the back of something. |
| postulate |
to assert as something true, especially as a basis for reasoning. |
| procure |
to get or get hold of by effort; obtain. |
| scintillate |
to send out sparks. |
| severance |
the act, process, or result of breaking off or separating. |
| traverse |
to go over, along, or through; cover or cross. |
| turncoat |
one who changes from one party, allegiance, or the like, to the opposite, especially a traitor. |