| annexation |
the act of taking and adding (territory) to one's own territory. |
| avid |
having or showing great enthusiasm. |
| clairvoyant |
possessing the ability to see or know things that are beyond the five senses. |
| conciliatory |
tending to placate or reconcile. |
| depravity |
moral corruption; wickedness. |
| distill |
to subject (a substance) to heat to the point of vaporization, and then to cooling to produce condensation. |
| flaccid |
without firmness; soft; flabby. |
| forestall |
to prevent or hinder by taking action beforehand. |
| fresco |
the art of painting on wet plaster with colors dissolved in water or limewater, or a picture produced by this method. |
| incognito |
in disguise; under a false identity. |
| mollify |
to ease or soothe the anger or emotion of; make calmer; appease. |
| pessimist |
one who usually expects a bad outcome. |
| regression |
the act or condition of return to an earlier form or less advanced state; biological or psychological reversion. |
| skepticism |
distrust or disbelief, or a general tendency to doubt and question. |
| timorous |
showing or marked by fear; fearful; timid. |