| amalgam |
a mixture of diverse components. |
| bigot |
one who is prejudiced against and intolerant of any group or belief that is not his or her own, especially religious, racial, or ethnic. |
| disarray |
confusion or disorder. |
| enormity |
the quality of surpassing moral limits; offensive or disgraceful character. |
| equinox |
either of the two times during the year when the sun's rays are perpendicular to the earth's equator, occurring in March and September. During the equinox, day and night are both 12 hours long all over the world. |
| expatriate |
one who has gone into exile from or renounced allegiance to his or her native land. |
| infamy |
evil or shameful reputation. |
| misapprehension |
a failure to understand. |
| mores |
the behaviors and manners accepted and expected in a social group, embodying its fundamental moral standards. |
| periphery |
the outer boundary or edge of an area or surface, or the region directly inside or outside of this. |
| ponderous |
heavily labored and dull. |
| recapitulate |
to briefly review (the main points) of a spoken or written exchange or communication. |
| rectitude |
moral or ethical propriety; uprightness. |
| sinewy |
of sinew, or sinewlike; strong; tough. |
| vanquish |
to subdue or defeat by or as if by greater force; conquer; overcome. |