| audacity |
courage or boldness often combined with daring or recklessness. |
| depose |
to deprive of rank or office, especially from an important position such as that of king. |
| fragmentary |
consisting of fragments; incomplete or disconnected. |
| frond |
a long leaf with many small divisions. Ferns and palm trees have fronds. |
| infidel |
one who does not believe in or accept a religious faith, especially that of Christianity or Islam. |
| inkling |
a blurry or partial idea or understanding. |
| interloper |
a person who intrudes in the affairs of others; meddler. |
| mercenary |
interested only in money and material gain. |
| noncommittal |
not revealing what one's preference, feeling, or opinion is. |
| parameter |
any of a set of specifications or limits, the value or variations of which determine the form or behavior of something. |
| perfidy |
an act or the practice of conscious, deliberate disloyalty or treachery; breach of faith. |
| perpendicular |
at a right angle to. |
| ratify |
to approve in an official way; confirm. |
| seamy |
disreputable; sordid. |
| subvert |
to overthrow or destroy, or cause the destruction of (an established authority, especially a national government). |