| cater |
to supply food or other service. |
| clemency |
the inclination to be merciful or forgiving; leniency. |
| devotee |
an eager or serious follower or enthusiast. |
| eddy |
to move or turn in circles or eddies. |
| exhort |
to advise, urge, or incite with great seriousness. |
| habitable |
capable of being lived in. |
| liaison |
a communication link between groups or between parts of an organization, or a person or group that performs this function. |
| martinet |
a person who enforces very strict discipline, especially in the military. |
| obliterate |
to erase or make unrecognizable by erasing. |
| pseudonym |
a false name adopted by someone, especially an author, to conceal his or her identity; pen name. |
| realist |
a person who tends to see or present things as they actually are. |
| shoddy |
of low quality; poorly made or carried out. |
| throwback |
a reappearance of an outmoded procedure, system, or the like. |
| undercut |
to act so as to lessen the effectiveness or influence of; undermine or thwart. |
| uninitiated |
combined form of initiated. |