| arbitration |
the consideration and decision of an issue or dispute by someone who has the official authority to decide such matters. |
| archetype |
an original model or pattern from which others are made or copied. |
| bauble |
a showy or gaudy trinket or ornament of little value. |
| discreet |
reserved and judicious, especially in talking about or otherwise revealing confidential matters; circumspect. |
| enormity |
the quality of surpassing moral limits; offensive or disgraceful character. |
| ferment |
a state of upset or fast change. |
| importune |
to pester with insistent demands or requests. |
| intimacy |
the condition of being close in friendship or otherwise intimate. |
| maladjustment |
an inability to bring one's own needs into harmony with the demands of the external environment. |
| onus |
an unwanted but necessary task; burden. |
| reclaim |
to recover the use of (land areas) by draining, hydrating, or otherwise reconditioning so that the land can be used for agriculture or other purposes. |
| relegate |
to send or consign to a condition, place, or position of lesser importance or esteem. |
| suppress |
to stop the activities or progress of, especially by force. |
| susceptible |
easily influenced or impressed (usually followed by "to"). |
| totality |
the state or quality of being total. |