| apathy |
lack of interest or feeling. |
| benevolent |
desiring to do good for others; generous. |
| caricature |
a depiction, in a drawing or verbal description, that deliberately exaggerates or distorts some features of the person or thing represented to produce a comic or grotesque appearance. |
| connote |
to suggest or imply (meanings or associations) in addition to the literal meaning. |
| defile1 |
to make unclean, foul, or filthy. |
| diligent |
trying hard and steadily to achieve a goal. |
| disseminate |
to spread widely, as though scattering seed. |
| insensible |
without normal sensations; unconscious. |
| magnanimous |
having or showing a generous, forgiving, or noble nature. |
| nepotism |
favoritism shown to a near relative, as in preferential hiring or patronage. |
| particularity |
precise or detailed character. |
| reimburse |
to pay back for (expenses or losses incurred). |
| squabble |
to quarrel over trivial matters; bicker. |
| stanza |
a group of related lines in a poem that make up one section within the poem. Stanzas often have a regular meter and rhyme pattern. |
| succumb |
to give in or give way to a fatal illness, superior force, overwhelming desire, or the like; yield. |