| arraign |
to bring before a court of law to respond to a charge or indictment. |
| autocracy |
rule by one person with absolute power; despotism. |
| crony |
a close friend or ally (often used pejoratively). |
| discontinuous |
interrupted or intermittent; not without pause or break. |
| evanescent |
tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing; fleeting. |
| evenhanded |
fair and impartial in the treatment of others; equitable. |
| exhort |
to advise, urge, or incite with great seriousness. |
| generalize |
to come to a broad idea or rule about something after considering particular facts. |
| gibe |
a mocking or derisive comment. |
| inconsistency |
an instance of contradiction or illogic. |
| multifaceted |
having several aspects or stages; complex or various. |
| overweening |
particularly forward, vain, and self-promoting. |
| regimen |
a regulated routine of therapy or exercise designed to promote health or fitness. |
| theocracy |
a form of government in which a god or gods are acknowledged as the ultimate authority. |
| uncharacteristic |
not typical of a particular person, group, or thing, and therefore notable. |