| apportion |
to assign, adjust, or distribute parts so as to maintain the proper proportion; allot. |
| condescend |
to act as if one were of superior rank or station, treating others as inferior; patronize. |
| decorous |
proper or formal with respect to behavior, manners, appearance, or the like. |
| degeneration |
the process of decline or decay. |
| disquiet |
lack of mental calm or peace; anxiety; uneasiness. |
| grandeur |
the quality of being majestic or splendid. |
| interrelate |
to place in or come into a shared, mutual, or reciprocal relationship. |
| malevolent |
wishing or doing evil to others; ill-willed; malicious. |
| miasma |
a thick, obscuring vapor. |
| polemic |
an emphatic statement of a controversial viewpoint, usually criticizing or refuting an existing position. |
| protégé |
a person under the care or sponsorship of an influential patron. |
| rectitude |
moral or ethical propriety; uprightness. |
| sagacity |
the quality of having keen judgment and common sense; wisdom. |
| sinewy |
of sinew, or sinewlike; strong; tough. |
| tertiary |
third in order, rank, importance, degree, or the like. |