| cater |
to supply food or other service. |
| dialectical |
of or using logical analysis or argument that reveals and resolves opposing ideas or contradictions. |
| dirge |
a song or hymn for a funeral or memorial for the dead. |
| earthy |
realistic, practical, and unpretentious. |
| efficacy |
the ability to produce desired results; effectiveness. |
| fulcrum |
that which other things are contingent upon or built around; a pivotal point or agent. |
| plebeian |
in ancient Roman society, of or belonging to the class of commoners; not patrician. |
| recrimination |
an accusation made in response to being accused by another, or the act of countering one accusation with another. |
| repository |
a container or place where things may be stored; storage unit or space. |
| revue |
a form of entertainment consisting of a series of songs, comic routines, and dances, often as parodies of current affairs and people. |
| stanza |
a group of related lines in a poem that make up one section within the poem. Stanzas often have a regular meter and rhyme pattern. |
| tensile |
of or relating to tension. |
| transmute |
to change into another form, substance, state, or the like. |
| volatile |
rapidly changeable, especially tending to become violent. |
| wan |
very pale. |