| arbitration |
the consideration and decision of an issue or dispute by someone who has the official authority to decide such matters. |
| dapper |
neat and stylish in dress and appearance. |
| digression |
the act or result of straying from the main topic. |
| duplicitous |
deceitful, treacherous, or double-dealing. |
| enrapture |
to cause to be in rapture or to be ecstatically joyful. |
| equinox |
either of the two times during the year when the sun's rays are perpendicular to the earth's equator, occurring in March and September. During the equinox, day and night are both 12 hours long all over the world. |
| evoke |
to call forth or bring out (an image, memory, response, or the like) in the mind or in action. |
| fodder |
feed for farm animals, such as stalks of corn cut and mixed with hay. |
| forbearance |
the act or capability of refraining or holding back. |
| mesmerize |
to induce a hypnotic trance in; hypnotize. |
| obtuse |
not keen or quick to notice, feel, or comprehend; dull or insensitive. |
| pilfer |
to steal, especially trifling amounts or things of small value. |
| preoccupation |
the state of being completely engrossed or absorbed in thought. |
| suave |
polished and urbane. |
| unconscionable |
not restrained or guided by a concern for what is right and just; unprincipled. |