| criteria |
a set of standards or tests by which to judge or decide something. |
| disenfranchise |
to deprive (someone) of a right of citizenship, especially the right to vote. |
| ecclesiastical |
of or related to the church and clergy. |
| elongate |
to make longer; lengthen. |
| exorbitant |
exceeding the bounds of what is reasonable, fair, or proper; immoderate. |
| iterate |
to say or do again or repeatedly. |
| misapprehension |
a failure to understand. |
| mortify |
to subject (someone) to extreme embarrassment, shame, or humiliation. |
| obliterate |
to erase or make unrecognizable by erasing. |
| ogle |
to look or stare at (someone) in a lustful or flirtatious manner. |
| plummet |
to fall sharply down, especially at high speed; plunge. |
| posterity |
all generations to come. |
| somnolent |
sleepy or drowsy. |
| statute |
a law made by a legislature, as opposed to one established by the courts. |
| stint |
to refrain from spending; to be sparing or frugal. |