| advocate |
to speak or act in favor of. |
| artifice |
a shrewd or clever trick. |
| bilk |
to defraud or swindle, especially by avoiding due or promised payment. |
| climatic |
of or pertaining to the weather conditions most prevailing in a place. |
| discourse |
verbal communication; conversation. |
| dishevel |
to make (hair or clothing) untidy. |
| egress |
an act, instance, method, or place of exit or emergence. |
| enfranchise |
to give the rights of a citizen to, especially the right to vote. |
| gargantuan |
(sometimes capitalized) of enormous proportions; huge; gigantic. |
| inopportune |
occurring at an undesirable or unreasonable time. |
| lummox |
(informal) someone who is especially clumsy, slow, and unintelligent. |
| repressive |
acting or tending to restrain or subdue. |
| sardonic |
bitterly mocking; derisive; scornful. |
| seamy |
disreputable; sordid. |
| synopsis |
a short statement giving an overview, the main principles, or the sequence of events of a narrative, argument, article, or the like; summary; abstract. |