| bilk |
to defraud or swindle, especially by avoiding due or promised payment. |
| broach |
to suggest or mention for the first time; bring up. |
| chauvinist |
one who has a biased belief in the superiority of one's own sex over the other. |
| compatriot |
a fellow citizen. |
| convulsion |
a violent, involuntary contraction of the muscles. |
| disarray |
confusion or disorder. |
| discernible |
able to be perceived or distinguished. |
| immobility |
the state or condition of not moving or being motionless. |
| intolerable |
too difficult or unpleasant to be near or to bear. |
| nonpartisan |
not influenced or determined by the policies or interests of a political party. |
| prophetic |
foretelling or revealing the future. |
| recast |
to rewrite, reconstruct, or conceive again in a different form. |
| revile |
to speak about or speak to with hostile insults; disparage or abuse. |
| squabble |
to quarrel over trivial matters; bicker. |
| vertigo |
a sensation of unsteadiness or dizziness, such that one's surroundings seem to be whirling around. |