| abnegation |
the act of relinquishing or abandoning, as a right, role, or good. |
| adversary |
a person, group, or thing that is against another; opponent; enemy. |
| anarchist |
a person who believes in, desires, or tries to realize a society or state without a government. |
| befall |
to happen to. |
| comparative |
measured or estimated by comparison; relative. |
| ensue |
to occur as the result of an earlier event. |
| inscrutable |
impossible to comprehend or interpret; mysterious. |
| interplay |
the action or influence of two or more things on each other; reciprocal effect. |
| interpose |
to insert (a comment, question, criticism, or the like) in the course of a conversation or speech. |
| lobbyist |
one who attempts, on behalf of a special interest group, to influence the way legislators vote. |
| natty |
(informal) neat, well-groomed, and smartly dressed; dapper. |
| potentate |
a person of great power, such as a ruler. |
| recession1 |
a period of reduced or declining economic activity. |
| scapegoat |
one made to bear the blame for the wrongs of others. |
| tirade |
a long, forceful, or angry speech, often critical or denunciatory in nature; harangue. |