| antipodes |
places directly opposite each other on the surface of the earth, as the North Pole and the South Pole. |
| ardor |
very strong feelings; passion; fervor. |
| 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. |
| concoct |
to make by putting together a number of parts or ingredients. |
| encumbrance |
something or someone that hinders or burdens; impediment. |
| felon1 |
a person who has committed a serious crime, such as murder, rape, or burglary, as opposed to a misdemeanor. |
| hiatus |
a gap or break in activity, time, or space; interruption. |
| indispose |
to cause unwillingness or disinclination in; make averse. |
| laggard |
someone or something that falls behind the pace of others. |
| landlocked |
without any access to the sea. |
| languor |
lack of strength or energy; weakness or listlessness. |
| posterity |
all generations to come. |
| recast |
to rewrite, reconstruct, or conceive again in a different form. |
| reformatory |
a corrective institution for disciplining and re-educating young offenders. |
| roster |
a list of names of individuals or groups belonging to or participating in an organization, class, military or police unit, or the like. |