| abet |
to incite, encourage, or aid, especially in wrongdoing. |
| allay |
to quiet or lay to rest (fears, doubts, and the like). |
| anathema |
something or someone despised or cursed. |
| categorical |
with no exceptions or conditions; absolute. |
| conclusive |
serving to reach a final answer or decision, or to settle. |
| contiguous |
in contact; touching; adjoining. |
| decadence |
a decline into immorality; loss of moral values. |
| disuse |
the state or condition of not being used or practiced any longer. |
| eccentricity |
an odd or peculiar behavior, habit, interest, or the like. |
| faction |
a group or party within, and often at odds with, a larger organization. |
| indigence |
lack of means to live; poverty. |
| mercurial |
volatile in temper; changeable; fickle. |
| placate |
to calm down and make less angry, especially by appeasement; conciliate; pacify. |
| syncopate |
in music, to make (a rhythm) more complex as by accenting beats that are not normally accented or employing rests where accented beats would be expected. |
| vogue |
a popular fashion or style. |