| climactic |
pertaining to, reaching, or being the point of highest interest or intensity in a series of increasingly important points or events. |
| diffident |
unsure of oneself; shy; demure. |
| disaffect |
to cause to lose affection for, loyalty to, or contentment in an idea, a person, or an organization such as a government; alienate. |
| discredit |
to harm the reputation of. |
| electorate |
a body of those entitled to participate in an election; qualified voters, as a group. |
| endemic |
native to or restricted to a given place or population. |
| evenhanded |
fair and impartial in the treatment of others; equitable. |
| fop |
a man who is highly concerned with, and often vain about, his appearance and manners; dandy. |
| incision |
a cut made during surgery. |
| irrefutable |
impossible to disprove; indisputable. |
| myopia |
a visual defect in which distant images are focused in front of rather than on the retina; nearsightedness. |
| oblivion |
the state or condition of being entirely forgotten. |
| ponderous |
heavily labored and dull. |
| suborn |
to induce (someone) to commit a crime or other corrupt deed. |
| taciturn |
habitually silent and uncommunicative. |