| colloquial |
characteristic of or suited to informal or familiar conversation or to writing that is imitative of conversational tone. |
| contiguous |
in contact; touching; adjoining. |
| deference |
respect for and submission to the desires, opinions, or judgments of another. |
| disparity |
the condition or an instance of being unlike, unequal, or of different kinds; difference. |
| divest |
to take rights or property away from; dispossess, especially by legal means. |
| electrify |
to shock, startle, or excite. |
| imperturbable |
not easily excited or disturbed; calm. |
| impoverish |
to make poor; cause to live in poverty. |
| paradox |
a statement that contradicts or seems to contradict itself, yet often expresses a truth, such as "Less is more". |
| portly |
rather fat; stout. |
| presentiment |
an intuition or sense of something about to happen; foreboding. |
| seclusion |
the act of isolating or hiding away, or the condition of being isolated in this way. |
| turgid |
overwrought in language or style; too solemn or too ornate; inflated; bombastic. |
| turncoat |
one who changes from one party, allegiance, or the like, to the opposite, especially a traitor. |
| virile |
having the qualities of a man; characteristically masculine. |