| augment |
to make greater in size or amount; increase. |
| caricature |
a depiction, in a drawing or verbal description, that deliberately exaggerates or distorts some features of the person or thing represented to produce a comic or grotesque appearance. |
| clique |
a small, often aggressively exclusive group of friends or associates. |
| denude |
to strip bare; remove covering from. |
| desirous |
having a wish or a longing for something. |
| dogmatist |
one who asserts opinions or beliefs as though they were facts. |
| equity |
the quality of being fair and reasonable; fairness. |
| fluency |
the ability to speak or write smoothly and easily in another language. |
| interplay |
the action or influence of two or more things on each other; reciprocal effect. |
| jingoism |
aggressive nationalism and patriotism, especially as directed against foreign countries. |
| momentous |
very important. |
| panache |
a confidently stylish, dashing, or flamboyant manner. |
| swathe |
to wrap up, enfold, or bind, especially with a wrapping material or bands. |
| unfrock |
to deprive of priestly status. |
| uninitiated |
combined form of initiated. |