| detonate |
to explode or cause to explode. |
| dispensary |
a room in an institution, such as a hospital, in which medical supplies are kept and given out. |
| dowdy1 |
not at all stylish; shabby or dull. |
| expiate |
to atone or make amends for (a sin, crime, offense, or the like). |
| habituate |
to make accustomed to. |
| inducement |
something used to persuade someone to a course of action; incentive. |
| infectious |
able to be given to others by infection. |
| invariably |
without ever a change; on every occasion. |
| postulate |
to assert as something true, especially as a basis for reasoning. |
| quota |
the part or share of something that is due to a person or group. |
| revue |
a form of entertainment consisting of a series of songs, comic routines, and dances, often as parodies of current affairs and people. |
| satire |
a literary or dramatic work that ridicules or derides human vice or foolishness, usually through the use of parody or irony. |
| satirical |
containing or marked by the use of parody or irony to ridicule or denounce human corruptness or folly. |
| synthesis |
the combining of discrete elements into a unified compound or entity, or the unified whole formed by such a combining. |
| utilitarian |
of, concerning, or aiming at usefulness. |