| bedlam |
a situation or scene of confused disorder and uproar. |
| dais |
a raised platform for speakers or the seating of special guests. |
| deprave |
to change for the worse, especially morally; corrupt; pervert. |
| emboss |
to decorate the surface of with a raised design. |
| grandiloquent |
speaking or expressed in a pretentious, pompous, or excessively ornate fashion. |
| heterogeneous |
made up of parts or members that differ from each other. (Cf. homogeneous.) |
| implicate |
to involve or prove involvement of (someone or something) in an affair, situation, event, or series of events. |
| indubitable |
without question; certain. |
| mollify |
to ease or soothe the anger or emotion of; make calmer; appease. |
| polygamy |
the practice or state of having more than one spouse, especially more than one wife, at a time. |
| self-determination |
the ability or freedom of a people to decide their own form of government. |
| stigma |
a long-lasting mark or stain on one's character or reputation, especially of disgrace or reproach. |
| synthesis |
the combining of discrete elements into a unified compound or entity, or the unified whole formed by such a combining. |
| tenuous |
having little substance, support, or significance; flimsy; weak. |
| therapeutic |
of, pertaining to, or capable of healing; curative. |