| conservatism |
a general preference for the traditional; disinclination to change. |
| disarray |
confusion or disorder. |
| dissuade |
to urge or convince not to do something. |
| effervescence |
high spirits; excitement; liveliness. |
| equivocation |
the act of communicating in ambiguous, shifting, or indecisive terms, often to avoid or deceive. |
| foreshadow |
to signal or indicate beforehand; presage; prefigure. |
| gender |
the sex of a person or animal. |
| impecunious |
lacking funds; penniless. |
| implode |
to violently collapse or compress inward. |
| interpose |
to insert (a comment, question, criticism, or the like) in the course of a conversation or speech. |
| junta |
a small group, often of military officers, acting as the rulers of a nation, especially provisionally after the overthrow of a previous government. |
| perjury |
the crime of telling a lie in a court after promising under oath to tell the truth. |
| prescience |
knowledge of future occurrences; foreknowledge. |
| rivulet |
a tiny stream or brook; trickle. |
| underscore |
to emphasize by, or as if by, drawing a line beneath. |