| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| obviate |
to prevent or eliminate in advance; render unnecessary or irrelevant. |
| occlude |
to close or obstruct (a passage or opening, one's vision, or the like). |
| redoubtable |
inspiring fear; formidable. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |