| amalgam |
a mixture of diverse components. |
| augment |
to make greater in size or amount; increase. |
| bromide |
a bland or trite remark or idea. |
| escalation |
increase in amount, scope, or intensity. |
| inhibit |
to hold back, restrain, prevent, or tend to do so. |
| interplay |
the action or influence of two or more things on each other; reciprocal effect. |
| knave |
an unscrupulous person; evildoer. |
| nullify |
to cause to have no value or consequence. |
| premonition |
an advance sign or warning; forewarning. |
| realign |
to come to a new relationship or set of alliances, as countries or political factions. |
| repressive |
acting or tending to restrain or subdue. |
| skirmish |
a minor or preliminary battle between small military units. |
| socialite |
one who is prominent in fashionable social circles. |
| soporific |
causing sleep or sleepiness. |
| underscore |
to emphasize by, or as if by, drawing a line beneath. |