| caucus |
a private meeting of leaders of a political party to choose candidates or determine policy, or such a group itself. |
| conspirator |
a person who is involved in a plot with others to perform or a criminal or wrongful act. |
| counterbalance |
to balance or offset with an equal force or influence; counterpoise. |
| defile1 |
to make unclean, foul, or filthy. |
| felon1 |
a person who has committed a serious crime, such as murder, rape, or burglary, as opposed to a misdemeanor. |
| fraternal |
of, related to, or like a brother or brothers. |
| intermittent |
alternately stopping and starting with pauses in between. |
| mercenary |
interested only in money and material gain. |
| preclude |
to prevent from happening by means of prior action or previously established condition. |
| propitiate |
to overcome the disfavor or distrust of; conciliate; appease. |
| raiment |
clothing; dress; apparel. |
| sedate |
composed and dignified. |
| solemnize |
to carry out the formalities of performance required by (an occasion). |
| syncopate |
in music, to make (a rhythm) more complex as by accenting beats that are not normally accented or employing rests where accented beats would be expected. |
| tutelage |
the act or function of a teacher, especially one who gives lessons to individuals; instruction; teaching. |