| annul |
to make nonexistent or ineffective; cancel. |
| captivate |
to charm or fascinate, as by beauty or wit; enthrall. |
| corrugate |
to shape or bend or become shaped or bent into parallel, wavelike ridges and grooves. |
| gentry |
people who come from families of high social standing. |
| glib |
speaking or prone to speak easily and fluently, especially in a careless or thoughtless manner, with little concern for the truth. |
| ignominious |
characterized by or associated with disgrace, dishonor, or shame; humiliating. |
| indict |
to formally accuse (someone) of a crime in a court of law after studying evidence. |
| languid |
lacking or not showing strength, energy, or spirit; weak, slow, or listless. |
| perpetrate |
to commit or carry out (a crime, act of mischief, or the like). |
| plagiarize |
to wrongfully and deliberately claim as one's own (the ideas, words, or the like) of someone else. |
| plebeian |
in ancient Roman society, of or belonging to the class of commoners; not patrician. |
| refraction |
the bending of rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like when passed obliquely from one medium to another with a different rate of transmission. |
| strident |
harsh-sounding or loud; raucous; grating. |
| trenchant |
incisive or penetrating, as perception or wit. |
| unvaried |
marked by a lack of diversity; never changing. |