awry |
in an unplanned and undesired direction. |
entail |
to call for or bring about as a necessary accompaniment; necessarily involve. |
evoke |
to call forth or bring out (an image, memory, response, or the like) in the mind or in action. |
intermittent |
alternately stopping and starting with pauses in between. |
interrelate |
to place in or come into a shared, mutual, or reciprocal relationship. |
mellifluous |
flowing and sweet, as though with honey. |
patronage |
the financial or other support given to a business establishment by its customers or clients. |
pitfall |
an unexpected or hidden danger. |
pittance |
a contemptibly small portion, amount, or payment. |
promulgate |
to explain or give instruction in (a doctrine) in public; advocate. |
prototype |
an original model on which later stages or forms are based or developed. |
ravish |
to overwhelm with emotion or sensation; enrapture. |
revoke |
to take back, cancel, or make no longer valid. |
stolid |
neither feeling nor showing much range of emotion; impassive. |
surveillance |
a close watch or observation, especially of a person or group of people under suspicion. |