| annexation |
the act of taking and adding (territory) to one's own territory. |
| apathy |
lack of interest or feeling. |
| craven |
shamefully timid or afraid; cowardly. |
| equestrian |
of or relating to horseback riding. |
| obliterate |
to erase or make unrecognizable by erasing. |
| obscene |
offensive and not decent. |
| panacea |
a remedy or solution for all diseases, ills, or difficulties; cure-all. |
| pilfer |
to steal, especially trifling amounts or things of small value. |
| plausible |
seeming to be true or reasonable; credible. |
| regurgitate |
to surge or pour back or out, especially from of a place of containment, as gases, liquids, or undigested food. |
| rostrum |
a raised platform or dais for public speaking. |
| scintillate |
to send out sparks. |
| throwback |
a reappearance of an outmoded procedure, system, or the like. |
| utopia |
(often capitalized) an imagined or proposed place or society that is ideal, especially in its laws, ethics, and treatment of humanity. |
| venturesome |
tending to take risks; brave. |