| alacrity |
willing promptness. |
| amalgam |
a mixture of diverse components. |
| appease |
to cause to become calmer by meeting demands. |
| confound |
to perplex or bewilder; confuse. |
| empathy |
identification with or sharing of another's feelings, situation, or attitudes. |
| fanaticism |
excessive or unreasonable enthusiasm or support for something. |
| felon1 |
a person who has committed a serious crime, such as murder, rape, or burglary, as opposed to a misdemeanor. |
| harangue |
a long, vehement, and often pompous speech or piece of writing, especially such a speech delivered in public; tirade. |
| pitfall |
an unexpected or hidden danger. |
| pursuant |
following on or proceeding from (usually followed by "to"). |
| rampant |
unrestrained or uncontrollable; unbridled. |
| regression |
the act or condition of return to an earlier form or less advanced state; biological or psychological reversion. |
| shoddy |
of low quality; poorly made or carried out. |
| subsidy |
direct financial assistance provided by the government to a business, industry, educational institution, individual, or the like. |
| subsume |
to classify, consider, or include (an idea, proposition, or the like) in a more comprehensive or general category or principle. |