| agrarian |
pertaining to the ownership, tenure, or cultivation of land. |
| buttress |
a structure built to give support to the outside of a building or a wall. |
| detractor |
one who criticizes or disparages an idea, cause, or person to undermine support or popularity. |
| dovetail |
to fit together precisely or harmoniously. |
| garner |
to accumulate, acquire, or receive in abundance. |
| mutable |
able or likely to change. |
| odious |
provoking or deserving of hatred; loathsome or repellent. |
| proclivity |
a natural tendency or inclination; propensity or predisposition. |
| procure |
to get or get hold of by effort; obtain. |
| protégé |
a person under the care or sponsorship of an influential patron. |
| rabble1 |
a confused and uncontrolled crowd; disorderly mob. |
| readjust |
to adapt oneself anew. |
| severance |
the act, process, or result of breaking off or separating. |
| stupor |
a state of unconsciousness, insensibility, or torpor. |
| underrate |
to value or appreciate insufficiently; underestimate. |