| abate |
to become less in amount or intensity. |
| cathartic |
of or pertaining to a cleansing emotional release. |
| delimit |
to define or mark the boundaries of; demarcate. |
| derange |
to cause to be mentally ill. |
| elaboration |
the act or an instance of adding explanatory material or detail, or the material or detail so added. |
| generalize |
to come to a broad idea or rule about something after considering particular facts. |
| gnarl |
to knot or twist. |
| heretic |
a person who maintains unorthodox religious opinions or beliefs, especially a baptized Roman Catholic who dissents from official church doctrine. |
| implicate |
to involve or prove involvement of (someone or something) in an affair, situation, event, or series of events. |
| recompense |
payment or action to compensate for the expenditure or loss of time, money, property, or the like. |
| reparation |
the act or process of making amends for wrongdoing or injury. |
| tempestuous |
characterized by disturbance or commotion; stormy; turbulent. |
| tentative |
not yet fully developed or definitely decided; provisional. |
| tolerable |
capable of being put up with or endured. |
| travail |
strenuous and often painful or exhausting work; toil. |