| adherent |
one who supports or follows a person, party, principle, or the like (usually followed by "of"). |
| archetype |
an original model or pattern from which others are made or copied. |
| equivocation |
the act of communicating in ambiguous, shifting, or indecisive terms, often to avoid or deceive. |
| facilitate |
to make less difficult; help in the doing of. |
| fidelity |
loyalty or faithfulness to obligations, promises, or those to whom one has made a commitment. |
| inelegant |
without taste, grace, or refinement. |
| licentious |
not within the bounds of morality or propriety, especially with regard to sexual conduct; immoral; lewd. |
| lieu |
the place formerly occupied by something or someone. |
| quell |
to overpower or suppress with force; put down; quash. |
| roil |
to disturb or anger; agitate. |
| speculative |
of, pertaining to, or based on conjecture or theorizing. |
| stalemate |
any situation in which a further action, offer, or the like is impossible or unlikely; deadlock. |
| temporize |
to be indecisive or delay acting, as in order to gain time or avoid conflict. |
| tout |
to publicize flatteringly and boastfully. |
| wholehearted |
without reservation; sincere and enthusiastic. |