| candor |
the quality of openness, honesty, and straightforwardness in expression. |
| capitulate |
to surrender or acquiesce. |
| coda |
a passage that brings a musical composition to a conclusion. |
| contrive |
to plan in a clever way; invent. |
| dehumanize |
to deprive of individuality, spirit, or other human qualities; render routine or mechanical. |
| gender |
the sex of a person or animal. |
| miff |
to cause (someone) to become annoyed; offend. |
| overt |
openly apparent; not concealed. (Cf. covert.) |
| patrician |
of, concerning, or belonging to an aristocratic class. |
| prohibitive |
serving as a preventative. |
| reminiscent |
having qualities or characteristics that remind one of someone or something (usually followed by "of"). |
| shard |
a piece of a broken object, especially a fragment of pottery or glass. |
| subsidy |
direct financial assistance provided by the government to a business, industry, educational institution, individual, or the like. |
| ulterior |
beyond or excluded from what is openly admitted or shown, especially when concealed for the purposes of deception. |
| verbose |
using or characterized by many or superfluous words; wordy. |