| aura |
the subtle emanation of a quality or condition of someone or something. |
| belligerent |
having a fighting character; aggressive. |
| comely |
pleasing in appearance. |
| depreciate |
to lower the cost or value of, especially of property for tax purposes, or of money. |
| enclave |
a small territory or country mostly or completely surrounded by another. |
| exculpate |
to free (a person or group) from guilt or blame, or from the suspicion of guilt or blame. |
| iconoclast |
one who attacks and seeks to break down traditional beliefs and institutions or popular ideas and values. |
| metabolism |
the processes in plants and animals by which food is changed into energy or used to make cells and tissues. |
| nub |
the main point, gist, or essence of something. |
| prelude |
an introductory event or act; preface; preliminary. |
| prepossess |
to inspire or impress favorably beforehand. |
| referendum |
the submission of a legislative measure to a vote by the general public, or the vote thus taken. |
| refract |
to bend (rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like) in passing (them) obliquely from one medium into another which transmits them at a different speed. |
| tenable |
able to be upheld, affirmed, supported, or defended; logical. |
| throe |
(usually plural) any convulsive or anguished struggle, or great exertion. |