| accost |
to confront and speak first to, often aggressively. |
| debit |
an amount of money taken out of or owed on an account, or the record of that amount. |
| depravity |
moral corruption; wickedness. |
| egoism |
the tendency to evaluate everything in relation to one's own interests; self-centeredness. |
| entrench |
to establish firmly and unchangeably. |
| filial |
of, concerning, or befitting a daughter or son. |
| formidable |
exceptionally difficult; daunting. |
| garish |
marked by excessive or tasteless color or decoration; gaudy; flashy. |
| indigent |
without financial means to live; needy; poor. |
| inviolate |
not broken, disturbed, or profaned; pure or intact. |
| leaven |
to produce fermentation in (dough or batter), consequently causing the dough or batter to rise in the process of baking. |
| lobbyist |
one who attempts, on behalf of a special interest group, to influence the way legislators vote. |
| mediation |
the act or process of mediating between two disputing or disagreeing parties to bring about a resolution; arbitration. |
| vicarious |
experienced through imagined participation in someone else's actions, sufferings, or the like. |
| vituperate |
to condemn sharply; blame; berate. |