| abhor |
to regard with intense loathing or horror; detest. |
| assess |
to look at and try to discover the quality or degree of (something); evaluate; estimate. |
| cameo |
a stone carved so as to leave a slightly raised image of one color and a background of another, often worn as jewelry. |
| category |
a particular section of a main group; class. |
| cipher |
a system that substitutes letters and symbols for the letters and symbols contained in a written message in order to conceal its meaning; code. |
| confer |
to give or award. |
| doctrine |
a belief or set of beliefs held by a religion, government, or other group. |
| exert |
to use or put into action; apply. |
| palette |
a thin, oval board, with a thumb hole, on which a painter holds and mixes colors. |
| salvage |
the act of saving property from destruction. |
| skulk |
to hide or wait in hiding; lurk. |
| tolerate |
to allow or accept; not oppose or attack. |
| transient |
brief in duration; temporary. |
| universal |
of, having to do with, or characteristic of the whole world or the world's population. |
| vista |
a distant view as seen from a particular point or through an opening such as between buildings or trees. |