| annul |
to make nonexistent or ineffective; cancel. |
| fanaticism |
excessive or unreasonable enthusiasm or support for something. |
| inaccessible |
hard or impossible to reach, approach, or attain. |
| liquidate |
to pay off or settle (a debt or the like). |
| mendacity |
a tendency to lie; untruthfulness. |
| orthodox |
of, having to do with, or following what is believed or practiced by most other people. |
| overweening |
particularly forward, vain, and self-promoting. |
| pertinacious |
tenacious in purpose, opinion, or the like; persevering. |
| polygamy |
the practice or state of having more than one spouse, especially more than one wife, at a time. |
| presumptuous |
excessively bold or forward. |
| profiteer |
a person who gains excessive profits, especially by selling scarce commodities at very high prices. |
| quell |
to overpower or suppress with force; put down; quash. |
| receptive |
open and willing to accommodate new thoughts and ideas. |
| refract |
to bend (rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like) in passing (them) obliquely from one medium into another which transmits them at a different speed. |
| resplendent |
full of splendor; radiant; shining. |