| bevy |
a group of birds or other animals, especially quail or larks. |
| climactic |
pertaining to, reaching, or being the point of highest interest or intensity in a series of increasingly important points or events. |
| contemptuous |
feeling or expressing angry disgust, as at something unworthy or wicked; scornful. |
| fester |
to become filled with pus; become infected. |
| interplay |
the action or influence of two or more things on each other; reciprocal effect. |
| materialistic |
being more greatly concerned with things in the world that can be acquired than with spiritual matters or values. |
| panacea |
a remedy or solution for all diseases, ills, or difficulties; cure-all. |
| pedantry |
the act or practice, or an instance, of flaunting one's learnedness or of being overly insistent on scholarly formalities or details. |
| portal |
a doorway or entrance, especially a large and imposing one. |
| qualm |
a feeling of guilt or doubt. |
| rectify |
to put right or correct (a bad situation, injustice, or the like); remedy. |
| spate |
a sudden rush, outpouring, or flood. |
| stratify |
to assign categories or create divisions within (a society) according to a hierarchy of social or economic classes. |
| vicarious |
experienced through imagined participation in someone else's actions, sufferings, or the like. |
| visceral |
stemming from instinct or intuition rather than the intellect. |