| alleviate |
to make (trouble or pain) easier to tolerate or accept; ease. |
| churl |
a rude or vulgar person. |
| coroner |
a public officer employed to investigate by inquest any death not thought to have occurred by natural causes. |
| disarray |
confusion or disorder. |
| estrange |
to cause (someone) to change from friendly and sympathetic to hostile or indifferent; alienate. |
| mutation |
a sudden, apparently abnormal change or alteration in a genetically determined structure, as opposed to gradual evolutionary change. |
| omnipotent |
possessing infinite power; all-powerful. |
| ostracize |
to exclude or shun, by general agreement of the group imposing the exclusion. |
| patronize |
to act in an offensively superior manner toward. |
| philanthropy |
collective efforts made to do good for others, especially in the form of making monetary donations or engaging in charitable works. |
| Philistine |
(sometimes lower case) one who is ignorant of, smugly indifferent to, or hostile to aesthetic and cultural values. |
| prescriptive |
that prescribes; setting down rules. |
| prevaricate |
to lie, mislead, or conceal the truth deliberately. |
| preventable |
having the possibility of being prevented; capable of being stopped or kept from happening. |
| sanction |
permission for an action; approval. |