| breach |
an act of breaking a law or promise. |
| diligent |
trying hard and steadily to achieve a goal. |
| diminution |
the act, process, or result of decreasing or declining. |
| emulate |
to try to be the same as or better than (another person), especially by imitating. |
| epoch |
an important period in human history. |
| grandiloquence |
speech that is pretentious, pompous, or excessively mannered. |
| incendiary |
causing or having the potential to cause a fire. |
| indefatigable |
persisting tirelessly; untiring. |
| potency |
the condition of being strong in effect or powerful. |
| progeny |
a descendant, or descendants collectively; offspring. |
| regent |
one who governs in place of a disabled or underage ruler. |
| reprove |
to criticize, usually mildly, for wrongdoing. |
| simplistic |
excessively simplified, as to be unrealistic. |
| veer |
to change direction; turn quickly. |
| vindicate |
to free from an accusation, suspicion, or doubt by indisputable proof. |