| capitulate |
to surrender or acquiesce. |
| connoisseur |
a person with the experience, expertise, and sense of appreciation to make informed judgments in a fine art or in matters of taste. |
| contraband |
goods banned by law from being imported or exported. |
| deducible |
able to be concluded or inferred from certain facts or principles. |
| emaciated |
extremely thin, as from starvation or disease. |
| encampment |
a place where a rough, temporary living area has been set up. |
| estrange |
to cause (someone) to change from friendly and sympathetic to hostile or indifferent; alienate. |
| fledgling |
a young bird that has just grown flight feathers or learned to fly. |
| inherent |
existing in or belonging to something as an essential or inborn part of its nature; innate; intrinsic. |
| laity |
the body of members of a religious group who are not part of the clergy. |
| orientation |
the act or process of preparing oneself or others for a new situation. |
| proliferate |
to spread or increase quickly. |
| protract |
to extend in time; prolong. |
| tepid |
not quite warm; lukewarm. |
| voluptuous |
full of or characterized by sensual pleasures. |