| amorphous |
lacking definite form, shape, or character. |
| brevity |
shortness of duration. |
| complaisance |
willingness to please. |
| consolidate |
to join together into a whole; combine. |
| cupidity |
exceptional desire for money or other material possessions; greed. |
| dint |
force or impact. |
| ideology |
the body of beliefs, symbols, and political and social aims that characterizes a particular group or institution. |
| impassable |
impossible to go past, through, over, or around. |
| obituary |
a printed announcement of a person's death, usually including a brief biography and information about funeral arrangements. |
| profusion |
an abundant supply or display. |
| rigorous |
showing strictness or sternness. |
| surmise |
to infer without certain knowledge; suppose; guess. |
| throe |
(usually plural) any convulsive or anguished struggle, or great exertion. |
| universality |
the quality, character, or condition of being universal. |
| wasteland |
land where there are no living things or where nothing will grow. |