| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| determinism |
the belief or teaching that every effect, including human thoughts and actions, is completely and predictably brought about by preceding causes and that, therefore, free will does not exist. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| idiosyncrasy |
a characteristic of temperament, habit, or physical structure particular to a given individual or group; peculiarity. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |