| alleviate |
to make (trouble or pain) easier to tolerate or accept; ease. |
| aloft |
high above the ground. |
| conciliate |
to overcome the anger, distrust, or animosity of; appease; placate. |
| cupidity |
exceptional desire for money or other material possessions; greed. |
| demur |
to object or indicate opposition to something. |
| discontinuous |
interrupted or intermittent; not without pause or break. |
| indigence |
lack of means to live; poverty. |
| insolence |
rude or impudent behavior or speech. |
| malediction |
the expression of a wish that evil or harm come to someone; curse. |
| propagate |
to reproduce (offspring) or cause to reproduce. |
| sacrilege |
the violation, profane treatment, or destruction of some place or thing that is considered to be holy. |
| subversive |
tending or intended to undermine or cause the overthrow of an established authority, especially a national government. |
| totality |
the state or quality of being total. |
| unassailable |
not open to attack, doubt, or denial. |
| vignette |
a brief written or musical sketch, or brief film scene, that describes or characterizes a person, incident, situation, or the like. |