| cessation |
a pausing or stopping; discontinuance. |
| cohesion |
the state or quality of having parts that are logically ordered or connected into a whole. |
| concoct |
to make by putting together a number of parts or ingredients. |
| felicitous |
well-suited or apt; very appropriate. |
| induce |
to persuade or influence, as to a course of action. |
| insubordinate |
unwilling to respect or submit to authority; disobedient. |
| lassitude |
lack of mental or physical energy; weariness or listlessness; lethargy. |
| latent |
present but not yet apparent, developed, or operative. |
| laxity |
the state or quality of being careless or slack; looseness. |
| Philistine |
(sometimes lower case) one who is ignorant of, smugly indifferent to, or hostile to aesthetic and cultural values. |
| posit |
to propose or suggest as an account of something or as a contribution to an understanding of something. |
| quibble |
an unimportant, petty, or trivial disagreement or objection. |
| revile |
to speak about or speak to with hostile insults; disparage or abuse. |
| synopsis |
a short statement giving an overview, the main principles, or the sequence of events of a narrative, argument, article, or the like; summary; abstract. |
| vanquish |
to subdue or defeat by or as if by greater force; conquer; overcome. |