| arbitration |
the consideration and decision of an issue or dispute by someone who has the official authority to decide such matters. |
| bedlam |
a situation or scene of confused disorder and uproar. |
| beneficiary |
one who receives or is formally designated to receive money or property, as from a will or insurance policy. |
| breach |
an act of breaking a law or promise. |
| carouse |
to revel in a boisterous and drunken manner. |
| charismatic |
having unusually strong personal allure or appeal. |
| ferment |
a state of upset or fast change. |
| incongruity |
the condition of being inappropriate or inconsistent. |
| incur |
to become liable for or bring upon oneself (usually some unwanted or harmful consequence). |
| lucid |
easy to understand; articulate; clear. |
| mortify |
to subject (someone) to extreme embarrassment, shame, or humiliation. |
| presumptive |
affording a reasonable basis for belief. |
| procure |
to get or get hold of by effort; obtain. |
| splice |
to join (two pieces of film, tape, or similar things) at the ends. |
| vaporize |
to cause to become or diffuse as a vapor or gas; atomize; evaporate. |