| bauble |
a showy or gaudy trinket or ornament of little value. |
| cubicle |
any very small room or partitioned space, as in an office or dormitory. |
| desist |
to stop acting in a certain way. |
| exigent |
requiring immediate attention; urgent or critical. |
| indigenous |
being the people or animals that originally lived and may continue to live in a particular country or region. |
| mausoleum |
a large, elaborate tomb, or the structure that houses such a tomb. |
| miasma |
a thick, obscuring vapor. |
| oratory1 |
the art of public speaking. |
| paraphrase |
a restatement of a passage or text in somewhat different words so as to simplify, clarify, or amplify. |
| parochial |
narrow or limited in scope or viewpoint; provincial. |
| pivotal |
critically important or crucial; on which something is contingent. |
| plurality |
the largest proportion of votes in an election, especially when it is less than half the total, or the margin of votes separating the victor from the person who came second. |
| sate |
to fill to excess, especially with food; glut. |
| seclude |
to keep apart from other people or activity. |
| unfrock |
to deprive of priestly status. |