| abnegation |
the act of relinquishing or abandoning, as a right, role, or good. |
| adulation |
extreme or excessive praise. |
| apostate |
a person who abandons his or her religious faith, principles, cause, or the like. |
| chasten |
to awaken conscience or bring about moral improvement through suffering, discipline, or punishment. |
| confluence |
a joining of two or more streams, or their point of junction. |
| contemptuous |
feeling or expressing angry disgust, as at something unworthy or wicked; scornful. |
| evenhanded |
fair and impartial in the treatment of others; equitable. |
| expatriate |
one who has gone into exile from or renounced allegiance to his or her native land. |
| harangue |
a long, vehement, and often pompous speech or piece of writing, especially such a speech delivered in public; tirade. |
| incendiary |
causing or having the potential to cause a fire. |
| intrinsic |
being essential to or of the nature of a thing; inherent. |
| raucous |
loud, sharp, and rasping, as, at times, a bird's call or a human's voice or laugh. |
| retinue |
a group of attendants or other employees who accompany a prominent person. |
| taint |
to slightly corrupt or pollute. |
| tolerable |
capable of being put up with or endured. |