| affiliate |
to join as a member or smaller branch of (usually followed by "with"). |
| commune2 |
a group of people living together as a community, working collectively on land owned in common or by a government. |
| demagogue |
a leader, especially a speaker or politician, who attempts to persuade and to gain a following by appealing to the emotions and prejudices of the public, rather than by rational argument. |
| discontinuance |
the act of stopping or condition of being stopped; interruption. |
| incongruous |
not suitable or fitting; out of place. |
| pessimism |
the belief that events will turn out badly; tendency to expect the worst. |
| qualm |
a feeling of guilt or doubt. |
| recompense |
payment or action to compensate for the expenditure or loss of time, money, property, or the like. |
| retentive |
having the ability to remember. |
| revulsion |
violent dislike and disgust; abhorrence; loathing. |
| sycophant |
one that flatters and fawns over superiors in order to get favors or advance his or her position; toady. |
| tangential |
barely connected to or touching a subject. |
| tempestuous |
characterized by disturbance or commotion; stormy; turbulent. |
| tumult |
the noise and commotion of a large crowd; uproar. |
| unintelligible |
not able to be understood, as spoken or written language. |