| backlash |
a strong reaction against some prior development, especially political or social change. |
| bedizen |
to dress or decorate in a flashy, garish fashion. |
| conscription |
compulsory enrollment in military service. |
| ingest |
to take in to the body through the mouth. |
| openhanded |
tending to give to others; generous. |
| pensive |
thoughtful in a sad or deeply serious way. |
| perdition |
the loss of the soul for eternity; damnation. |
| pollinate |
to move or carry pollen to a plant, causing the seeds to be fertilized. |
| prostrate |
to lie or throw (oneself) flat on the ground, especially face down in an act of humility, worship, or the like. |
| psychosis |
serious mental disorder that affects all aspects of the personality and involves withdrawal from reality. |
| ravish |
to overwhelm with emotion or sensation; enrapture. |
| refraction |
the bending of rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like when passed obliquely from one medium to another with a different rate of transmission. |
| squalid |
dirty or foul, as from neglect. |
| unfrock |
to deprive of priestly status. |
| unqualified |
lacking the appropriate knowledge or qualifications. |