| acrimonious |
filled with bitterness or rancor. |
| antipodes |
places directly opposite each other on the surface of the earth, as the North Pole and the South Pole. |
| commune2 |
a group of people living together as a community, working collectively on land owned in common or by a government. |
| constituent |
forming a part of something. |
| curtail |
to make shorter; cut off part of. |
| ecclesiastical |
of or related to the church and clergy. |
| magnanimity |
generosity or willingness to forgive. |
| mentor |
someone who plays an important role in another person's life as a guide and teacher. |
| officiate |
to function as a priest or minister in a religious ceremony. |
| paragon |
a model of excellence or of a particular admirable quality. |
| plausible |
seeming to be true or reasonable; credible. |
| preventable |
having the possibility of being prevented; capable of being stopped or kept from happening. |
| prudery |
the state, quality, or characteristic of being overly concerned with modest or proper conduct, speech, dress, or the like. |
| tenet |
any belief, opinion, doctrine, or the like, that a person or especially an organization holds as being true. |
| whimsy |
an odd, fanciful, or capricious notion, or such notions collectively. |