| connive |
to join secretly in a plot; conspire. |
| deviate |
to turn away from a direct course or one that has already been set. |
| farce |
anything improbable, absurd, or empty of meaning; mockery; sham. |
| feral |
existing in a wild natural state; not domesticated. |
| gouge |
a cut or hole made with something sharp. |
| infidel |
one who does not believe in or accept a religious faith, especially that of Christianity or Islam. |
| inhibit |
to hold back, restrain, prevent, or tend to do so. |
| lobbyist |
one who attempts, on behalf of a special interest group, to influence the way legislators vote. |
| mentor |
someone who plays an important role in another person's life as a guide and teacher. |
| mortify |
to subject (someone) to extreme embarrassment, shame, or humiliation. |
| mutable |
able or likely to change. |
| perpetrate |
to commit or carry out (a crime, act of mischief, or the like). |
| pilfer |
to steal, especially trifling amounts or things of small value. |
| reconstitute |
to put together or form again. |
| temperamental |
changeable as to mood, nature, operability, or the like; unpredictable. |