| capitulate |
to surrender or acquiesce. |
| capricious |
tending to act on impulse; subject to whim; erratic and unpredictable. |
| colloquial |
characteristic of or suited to informal or familiar conversation or to writing that is imitative of conversational tone. |
| concurrent |
existing or occurring at the same time. |
| confidant |
one to whom a secret or secrets are entrusted. |
| distillation |
the process of heating a substance to produce a vapor, which is then cooled and condensed, in order to purify, concentrate, or extract components from the substance. |
| interdependent |
relying on or needing one another. |
| lewd |
characterized by vulgarity or offensively explicit sexual references; bawdy. |
| perspicacity |
keenness of mental perception or grasp; astuteness. |
| rehabilitate |
to restore to good health or to an otherwise improved state of being. |
| reproof |
an act or statement of disapproval. |
| resolute |
having or showing firmness, determination, or resolve. |
| simpleminded |
not complex or sophisticated. |
| tensile |
of or relating to tension. |
| tome |
a large thick book, often one of a multivolume scholarly work. |