| armistice |
an agreement by groups of people or countries at war to stop fighting; truce. |
| chasm |
a deep crack in the earth's surface. |
| clout |
(informal) influence or power to persuade. |
| dispensary |
a room in an institution, such as a hospital, in which medical supplies are kept and given out. |
| ferocity |
the quality or state of being cruelly savage or fierce. |
| fractious |
inclined to be irritable and quarrelsome; cranky. |
| inexplicable |
unable to be explained or interpreted. |
| inviolable |
absolutely not to be breached, dishonored or profaned. |
| openhanded |
tending to give to others; generous. |
| pedantry |
the act or practice, or an instance, of flaunting one's learnedness or of being overly insistent on scholarly formalities or details. |
| penance |
an act of punishment or self-discipline voluntarily undergone to show regret at having done something wrong. |
| 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. |
| predominant |
being the chief or greatest in importance, status, influence, or the like. |
| unconscionable |
not restrained or guided by a concern for what is right and just; unprincipled. |
| vouch |
to promise to be true, real, or correct (usually followed by "for"). |