abstain |
to choose not to do something. |
alcove |
a partly enclosed area of a room. |
anarchist |
a person who believes in, desires, or tries to realize a society or state without a government. |
auxiliary |
serving as an extra means of support; additional. |
bereavement |
the condition or fact of being deprived of something or someone, especially by the death of a loved one. |
delineate |
to describe or portray in precise or vivid detail. |
ideology |
the body of beliefs, symbols, and political and social aims that characterizes a particular group or institution. |
inexhaustible |
unable to be used up; endless. |
interject |
to insert (a remark or comment) between words or remarks or in the middle of a conversation or discussion. |
modulate |
to vary the loudness, pitch, intensity, or tone of; especially soften or tone down. |
submissive |
inclined or obliged to submit; unresisting; obedient; docile. |
subpoena |
in law, a formal written order summoning a witness to give testimony or requiring that specified evidence be submitted. |
tout |
to publicize flatteringly and boastfully. |
unrelenting |
continuing with the same intensity, force, speed, or the like; not decreasing or weakening. |
wince |
to draw suddenly back or away from something painful or frightening. |