| bromide |
a bland or trite remark or idea. |
| concoct |
to make by putting together a number of parts or ingredients. |
| crux |
an essential, basic, crucial, or pivotal point. |
| culpable |
guilty of a mistake or fault; blameworthy. |
| indigent |
without financial means to live; needy; poor. |
| intermittent |
alternately stopping and starting with pauses in between. |
| mimicry |
an act, instance, or the art of imitating or copying the speech, behavior, or expressions of others. |
| mollify |
to ease or soothe the anger or emotion of; make calmer; appease. |
| mortify |
to subject (someone) to extreme embarrassment, shame, or humiliation. |
| paucity |
smallness of number or amount; scarcity. |
| rehabilitate |
to restore to good health or to an otherwise improved state of being. |
| schism |
a division into factions with opposing beliefs, especially in a Christian church. |
| succulent |
full of juice or sap; juicy. |
| surrogate |
acting as, or considered to be, a substitute or replacement. |
| uncontrolled |
acting or continuing, or allowed to act or continue, without constraint, regulation, or opposition. |