| apathy |
lack of interest or feeling. |
| bilk |
to defraud or swindle, especially by avoiding due or promised payment. |
| culvert |
a man-made channel for drainage or the like that passes under a street or other thoroughfare. |
| disaffect |
to cause to lose affection for, loyalty to, or contentment in an idea, a person, or an organization such as a government; alienate. |
| docile |
obedient and easy to manage. |
| forbearance |
the act or capability of refraining or holding back. |
| iconoclast |
one who attacks and seeks to break down traditional beliefs and institutions or popular ideas and values. |
| intolerant |
not able or not willing to accept different opinions, beliefs, customs, or people; not tolerant. |
| mannerism |
a distinctive and habitual behavioral characteristic. |
| nonentity |
someone or something that is insignificant, dull, undistinguished, or unimportant, especially a person. |
| populous |
having a large population. |
| regression |
the act or condition of return to an earlier form or less advanced state; biological or psychological reversion. |
| statute |
a law made by a legislature, as opposed to one established by the courts. |
| stricture |
that which restricts or constrains. |
| tawdry |
falsely showy; cheap and gaudy. |