| abate |
to become less in amount or intensity. |
| elegy |
a sorrowful or mournful poem or musical composition, especially a lament for the dead. |
| elongate |
to make longer; lengthen. |
| encampment |
a place where a rough, temporary living area has been set up. |
| formidable |
exceptionally difficult; daunting. |
| gargantuan |
(sometimes capitalized) of enormous proportions; huge; gigantic. |
| indiscriminate |
lacking in judgment and discernment; making no distinctions. |
| lackluster |
without brilliance or vitality; dull. |
| linear |
having to do with a line; straight. |
| nascent |
coming into being or starting to develop. |
| permissive |
allowing much, often excessive, freedom of behavior; lenient. |
| rite |
a formal ceremonial procedure prescribed or customary for a specific occasion, as in religious worship. |
| temerity |
reckless or foolish boldness; rash disregard of danger. |
| turncoat |
one who changes from one party, allegiance, or the like, to the opposite, especially a traitor. |
| vicarious |
experienced through imagined participation in someone else's actions, sufferings, or the like. |