| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| flak |
(informal) irritating opposition, criticism, or dissent. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| opiate |
something that induces relaxation, calm, or stupor. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| scion |
an offspring or heir. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |