| collusion |
action undertaken in secret partnership or collaboration, usually for illicit purposes. |
| connive |
to join secretly in a plot; conspire. |
| decadence |
a decline into immorality; loss of moral values. |
| docile |
obedient and easy to manage. |
| immutable |
not subject to change; unchanging or unchangeable. |
| incisive |
marked by clear, penetrating thought; sharp. |
| inhibit |
to hold back, restrain, prevent, or tend to do so. |
| perforate |
to make a hole in. |
| portend |
to serve as a sign or warning of; bode. |
| redolent |
suggesting or recalling (usually followed by "of"). |
| regurgitate |
to surge or pour back or out, especially from of a place of containment, as gases, liquids, or undigested food. |
| scanty |
barely adequate; meager. |
| senile |
showing certain characteristics of old age, especially a deterioration of mental faculties or emotional control. |
| tenacity |
the quality or condition of holding on strongly or persistently to something. |
| unfeigned |
not pretended or false; genuine; sincere. |