| comradeship |
friendship based on shared or group activities or interests. |
| connote |
to suggest or imply (meanings or associations) in addition to the literal meaning. |
| dais |
a raised platform for speakers or the seating of special guests. |
| discourse |
verbal communication; conversation. |
| evenhanded |
fair and impartial in the treatment of others; equitable. |
| inclement |
of weather, violent or disagreeable. |
| leaven |
to produce fermentation in (dough or batter), consequently causing the dough or batter to rise in the process of baking. |
| ostracism |
an exclusion or rejection, as from a social group. |
| potency |
the condition of being strong in effect or powerful. |
| primacy |
the state of being first, earliest, most essential, or most important. |
| prosaic |
straightforward and plain; unimaginative; dull. |
| retentive |
having the ability to remember. |
| typify |
to be the representative example of. |
| utopia |
(often capitalized) an imagined or proposed place or society that is ideal, especially in its laws, ethics, and treatment of humanity. |
| wean |
to cause to be free of a habit, activity, or the like, often by means of a distraction or substitute. |