| admonish |
to warn or caution. |
| allusion |
an indirect reference to or mention of something. |
| autocracy |
rule by one person with absolute power; despotism. |
| connive |
to join secretly in a plot; conspire. |
| contemptuous |
feeling or expressing angry disgust, as at something unworthy or wicked; scornful. |
| dissonant |
not in harmony or agreement; discordant. |
| elitist |
believing in, supporting, or promoting the superiority of a select or privileged group. |
| epoch |
an important period in human history. |
| hysteria |
in an individual or group, an uncontrollable outburst of fear or other emotions, producing fits of weeping, laughter, irrational behavior, or the like. |
| incongruity |
the condition of being inappropriate or inconsistent. |
| indecisive |
not definite or conclusive. |
| leer |
to give a sideways or nasty look or smile suggestive of malicious or sexual thoughts. |
| reaffirm |
to verify by asserting again. |
| rite |
a formal ceremonial procedure prescribed or customary for a specific occasion, as in religious worship. |
| syncopate |
in music, to make (a rhythm) more complex as by accenting beats that are not normally accented or employing rests where accented beats would be expected. |