| appease |
to cause to become calmer by meeting demands. |
| cohort |
(often derogatory) a friend or associate. |
| despot |
a ruler who has complete power and authority. |
| disincline |
to cause to be unwilling or reluctant. |
| encumbrance |
something or someone that hinders or burdens; impediment. |
| ferocity |
the quality or state of being cruelly savage or fierce. |
| grandiloquent |
speaking or expressed in a pretentious, pompous, or excessively ornate fashion. |
| hermetic |
preventing or sealed to prevent the influx or escape of air; airtight. |
| infallible |
incapable of error. |
| instrumental |
serving as an agent or partial cause. |
| pessimism |
the belief that events will turn out badly; tendency to expect the worst. |
| prescriptive |
that prescribes; setting down rules. |
| retrospect |
reflection on the past or on past events or achievements. |
| temperance |
habitual moderation in the use of alcoholic drink, or complete abstinence. |
| zenith |
the highest point; peak. |