| apostate |
a person who abandons his or her religious faith, principles, cause, or the like. |
| bromide |
a bland or trite remark or idea. |
| capitulate |
to surrender or acquiesce. |
| equivocation |
the act of communicating in ambiguous, shifting, or indecisive terms, often to avoid or deceive. |
| expendable |
considered able to be replaced, given up, or sacrificed. |
| extricate |
to free or release from difficulty, entanglement, or involvement; disengage. |
| imponderable |
unable to be evaluated or calculated accurately. |
| natal |
of or concerning one's birth. |
| pallid |
pale or whitened; lacking color. |
| prostrate |
to lie or throw (oneself) flat on the ground, especially face down in an act of humility, worship, or the like. |
| rediscover |
to begin experiencing again; find again; regain. |
| secretive |
tending to secrecy. |
| Spartan |
(usually lower case) characterised by simplicity and austerity. |
| stint |
to refrain from spending; to be sparing or frugal. |
| subsume |
to classify, consider, or include (an idea, proposition, or the like) in a more comprehensive or general category or principle. |