| affinity |
a strong sense of liking; a natural attraction or sympathy. |
| alleviate |
to make (trouble or pain) easier to tolerate or accept; ease. |
| auditory |
having to do with or referring to hearing or the sense of hearing. |
| electorate |
a body of those entitled to participate in an election; qualified voters, as a group. |
| gauche |
deficient in manners or other conventions of social behavior; boorish; crude. |
| idolatry |
unquestioning or excessive devotion or adoration. |
| informant |
one who reports or confides what he or she knows to another; source. |
| meticulous |
very careful or precise. |
| nomenclature |
a specialized system or set of names and terms used in a particular science, art, or other field of study or training. |
| paucity |
smallness of number or amount; scarcity. |
| petulance |
the state or quality of being easily or unreasonably irritated, impatient, or ill tempered. |
| repressive |
acting or tending to restrain or subdue. |
| secretive |
tending to secrecy. |
| skirmish |
a minor or preliminary battle between small military units. |
| stratum |
a level in a social hierarchy. |