| censure |
to criticize or condemn. |
| climatic |
of or pertaining to the weather conditions most prevailing in a place. |
| didactic |
intended to educate or instruct, especially in moral values. |
| gratify |
to please; satisfy. |
| impel |
to drive or incite to action. |
| mutation |
a sudden, apparently abnormal change or alteration in a genetically determined structure, as opposed to gradual evolutionary change. |
| overweening |
particularly forward, vain, and self-promoting. |
| pejorative |
acting or tending to create a negative impression; disparaging; demeaning. |
| placate |
to calm down and make less angry, especially by appeasement; conciliate; pacify. |
| proximity |
the condition, quality, or fact of being near or close; nearness. |
| prudery |
the state, quality, or characteristic of being overly concerned with modest or proper conduct, speech, dress, or the like. |
| resonance |
ability to make a strong or lasting effect, especially because of an emotional association. |
| salubrious |
favorable to good health; healthy; wholesome. |
| scavenger |
an animal that finds and eats dead animals or rotting plants; a person who finds things that others no longer want. |
| totality |
the state or quality of being total. |