| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| obviate |
to prevent or eliminate in advance; render unnecessary or irrelevant. |
| opiate |
something that induces relaxation, calm, or stupor. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |