| alcove |
a partly enclosed area of a room. |
| bane |
something or someone that causes ruin or great trouble. |
| clinch |
to make certain or final; settle. |
| constrain |
to keep within tight restrictions; confine. |
| degenerate |
to decline from an original or former condition; change for the worse in nature or quality; deteriorate. |
| detachment |
a feeling or condition of being impartial or uninvolved. |
| frenetic |
frantic; frenzied. |
| insensible |
without normal sensations; unconscious. |
| preponderance |
superiority in amount, strength, significance, weight, or the like. |
| reclaim |
to recover the use of (land areas) by draining, hydrating, or otherwise reconditioning so that the land can be used for agriculture or other purposes. |
| retard |
to cause (growth, development, or the like) to be slow or incomplete; stunt. |
| shamble |
to walk slowly, unsteadily, or awkwardly. |
| treatise |
a detailed and formal written work, usually dealing systematically with a single theme or subject. |
| unhinge |
to cause to become confused, unbalanced, or deeply disturbed. |
| unsubstantiated |
lacking the evidence or verification needed to establish as true. |