| agrarian |
pertaining to the ownership, tenure, or cultivation of land. |
| amenable |
willing to respond, agree, or submit; agreeable; pliable. |
| crossfire |
a volley of projectiles, especially gunfire, directed at some central point from two separated positions. |
| deducible |
able to be concluded or inferred from certain facts or principles. |
| delimit |
to define or mark the boundaries of; demarcate. |
| denude |
to strip bare; remove covering from. |
| derogatory |
having the purpose or effect of detracting; disparaging. |
| distillation |
the process of heating a substance to produce a vapor, which is then cooled and condensed, in order to purify, concentrate, or extract components from the substance. |
| evoke |
to call forth or bring out (an image, memory, response, or the like) in the mind or in action. |
| oracular |
of, like, pertaining to, of having the nature of divine wisdom; prophetic; wise. |
| quell |
to overpower or suppress with force; put down; quash. |
| redolent |
suggesting or recalling (usually followed by "of"). |
| ruse |
a trick, pretense, or diversion intended to deceive or mislead. |
| submissive |
inclined or obliged to submit; unresisting; obedient; docile. |
| vignette |
a brief written or musical sketch, or brief film scene, that describes or characterizes a person, incident, situation, or the like. |