| backfire |
to have results that are the opposite of what one wanted. |
| capitalist |
one who supports an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately owned, and prices are chiefly determined by open competition in a free market. |
| deference |
respect for and submission to the desires, opinions, or judgments of another. |
| denote |
to be a mark or sign of. |
| innumerable |
very many. |
| integral |
being an essential part of the whole. |
| misdemeanor |
in law, a class of illegal act that is less serious than a felony and carries a lighter sentence; minor offense. |
| mundane |
of or pertaining to what is common and everyday; ordinary; commonplace. |
| nonexistent |
not having substance in reality. |
| novice |
a person with little or no experience at a particular job or activity. |
| promulgate |
to explain or give instruction in (a doctrine) in public; advocate. |
| reprehensible |
deserving of blame or reproof; condemnable; blameworthy. |
| rue1 |
to regret, repent of, or feel sorry about. |
| submissive |
inclined or obliged to submit; unresisting; obedient; docile. |
| underrate |
to value or appreciate insufficiently; underestimate. |