| adage |
an old familiar saying that shows the wisdom of a group of people; proverb. |
| chastise |
to punish, often corporally. |
| cistern |
a tank or other receptacle for catching and storing water, especially rainwater. |
| consolidate |
to join together into a whole; combine. |
| counterbalance |
to balance or offset with an equal force or influence; counterpoise. |
| disinclination |
a feeling of distaste; unwillingness or reluctance. |
| expeditious |
prompt and efficient. |
| irrevocable |
impossible to take back, undo, or cancel. |
| lateral |
about, from, or toward a side or sides; sideways. |
| migratory |
changing habitat or location periodically, as in response to changes in climate or job opportunities. |
| pillage |
to openly and forcefully seize goods from, as during a war; plunder. |
| populace |
the people who live in a particular place. |
| refract |
to bend (rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like) in passing (them) obliquely from one medium into another which transmits them at a different speed. |
| reimburse |
to pay back for (expenses or losses incurred). |
| shoddy |
of low quality; poorly made or carried out. |