| cater |
to supply food or other service. |
| certitude |
the state, condition, or feeling of freedom from uncertainty or doubt. |
| chastise |
to punish, often corporally. |
| collusion |
action undertaken in secret partnership or collaboration, usually for illicit purposes. |
| convoke |
to summon to an assembly; marshal. |
| fatuous |
smugly foolish or stupid. |
| fidelity |
loyalty or faithfulness to obligations, promises, or those to whom one has made a commitment. |
| folio |
a large sheet of paper that has been folded once to form two leaves or four pages of a book or manuscript. |
| hysteria |
in an individual or group, an uncontrollable outburst of fear or other emotions, producing fits of weeping, laughter, irrational behavior, or the like. |
| impart |
to give all or a part of; bestow or transmit. |
| plight1 |
a state or situation, especially an unhappy or unlucky one; predicament. |
| plurality |
the largest proportion of votes in an election, especially when it is less than half the total, or the margin of votes separating the victor from the person who came second. |
| repercussion |
(usually plural) a result or effect of an action or event, often occurring indirectly or unexpectedly. |
| succinct |
briefly but clearly stated; concise. |
| trepidation |
a condition of anxiety or dread; alarm. |