| abstain |
to choose not to do something. |
| academician |
one who belongs to an organization or institution that promotes learning. |
| alimony |
money that a court orders one member of a divorced couple to pay to the other. |
| bland |
without interest, spirit, or excitement; dull; indifferent. |
| circumstantial |
relevant but not essential; incidental. |
| deleterious |
harmful or injurious, as to health. |
| depict |
to show, describe, or portray in a painting, sculpture, or written work. |
| disseminate |
to spread widely, as though scattering seed. |
| implicate |
to involve or prove involvement of (someone or something) in an affair, situation, event, or series of events. |
| monolithic |
large, unyielding, and without diversity. |
| nonconformity |
refusal or failure to adjust one's behavior and actions to accord or comply with societal customs, values, or the like. |
| penance |
an act of punishment or self-discipline voluntarily undergone to show regret at having done something wrong. |
| promenade |
a leisurely walk, especially in a public place. |
| puerile |
immature or silly; childish. |
| refract |
to bend (rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like) in passing (them) obliquely from one medium into another which transmits them at a different speed. |