| circumscribe |
to keep within bounds; confine; restrict. |
| decadence |
a decline into immorality; loss of moral values. |
| depreciate |
to lower the cost or value of, especially of property for tax purposes, or of money. |
| expatriate |
one who has gone into exile from or renounced allegiance to his or her native land. |
| frugality |
prudent or sparing use of resources, especially money. |
| insuperable |
not able to be conquered or overcome. |
| intimacy |
the condition of being close in friendship or otherwise intimate. |
| intonation |
the pattern of changes in pitch of the speaking or singing voice. |
| palpitate |
of the heart, to pulsate rapidly; flutter; quiver. |
| proponent |
one who proposes or favors an idea, doctrine, course of action, or the like. |
| referendum |
the submission of a legislative measure to a vote by the general public, or the vote thus taken. |
| tenuous |
having little substance, support, or significance; flimsy; weak. |
| tout |
to publicize flatteringly and boastfully. |
| unqualified |
lacking the appropriate knowledge or qualifications. |
| vintage |
a class of objects produced during a certain era or year. |