| carnage |
the mass killing of people; slaughter. |
| composite |
made up of several parts. |
| disincline |
to cause to be unwilling or reluctant. |
| frugal |
small in amount or cost; meager. |
| gaffe |
a crude social error; blunder; faux pas. |
| interpose |
to insert (a comment, question, criticism, or the like) in the course of a conversation or speech. |
| marquee |
a canopy or a covering like a roof over the entrance to a building. The marquee over a theater shows the title of the current play or film and sometimes the names of the actors. |
| memoir |
an account of facts or events based primarily on the author's personal experience. |
| retinue |
a group of attendants or other employees who accompany a prominent person. |
| retraction |
a withdrawal or disavowal of an opinion, promise, or the like. |
| salvageable |
able to be saved or rescued from damage or destruction. |
| sedition |
actions or speech intended or serving to create rebellion against a government. |
| stratify |
to assign categories or create divisions within (a society) according to a hierarchy of social or economic classes. |
| tenet |
any belief, opinion, doctrine, or the like, that a person or especially an organization holds as being true. |
| voracious |
consuming large quantities of food with greed or great desire; ravenous. |