| arbitrary |
resulting from personal opinions, wishes, or feelings instead of from a rule or reason. |
| boon |
something that is a help or benefit. |
| extinct |
no longer existing. |
| friction |
the rubbing of objects against each other. |
| ineffective |
producing little or none of the desired or intended impact. |
| legislate |
to create a law or laws. |
| meditation |
sustained thought or self-forgetful concentration, especially for the purposes of religious devotion or relaxation. |
| mislead |
to guide in a wrong direction. |
| mockery |
contempt, derision, or ridicule, or an instance of this. |
| nomad |
a member of a group or tribe that has no fixed home and moves from place to place. |
| notwithstanding |
in spite of; despite (sometimes used after its object rather than before). |
| ordeal |
a painful, difficult experience, or test of one's character. |
| partial |
not complete. |
| spokesman |
a man who speaks for one or more other persons. |
| stereotype |
a standardized and usually oversimplified and inaccurate conception held in common by many people. |