| abet |
to incite, encourage, or aid, especially in wrongdoing. |
| backwater |
any place that is seen as primitive, unchanging, or stagnant. |
| depersonalize |
to cause to lose individual identity or characteristics. |
| enigmatic |
puzzling, mysterious, or inexplicable. |
| girth |
the length around something. |
| hysteria |
in an individual or group, an uncontrollable outburst of fear or other emotions, producing fits of weeping, laughter, irrational behavior, or the like. |
| idealism |
the pursuit of or belief in noble ideals, principles, and values. |
| imminent |
about to happen or likely to happen soon. |
| liquidate |
to pay off or settle (a debt or the like). |
| mystical |
spiritually powerful, significant, or symbolic. |
| platitude |
an overused, dull, or trivial remark; hackneyed expression; cliché. |
| resuscitate |
to bring back to life or consciousness; revive. |
| ricochet |
to bounce or skip off a surface at an angle; rebound. |
| satire |
a literary or dramatic work that ridicules or derides human vice or foolishness, usually through the use of parody or irony. |
| scintillate |
to send out sparks. |