| allude |
to mention (usually followed by "to"). |
| brevity |
shortness of duration. |
| constrain |
to keep within tight restrictions; confine. |
| emancipate |
to free from slavery or other control. |
| equivocation |
the act of communicating in ambiguous, shifting, or indecisive terms, often to avoid or deceive. |
| habituate |
to make accustomed to. |
| mentor |
someone who plays an important role in another person's life as a guide and teacher. |
| noncommittal |
not revealing what one's preference, feeling, or opinion is. |
| opulence |
the condition of being luxuriant and costly. |
| periphery |
the outer boundary or edge of an area or surface, or the region directly inside or outside of this. |
| prelude |
an introductory event or act; preface; preliminary. |
| revert |
to return to a previous state, practice, belief, or the like. |
| shoddy |
of low quality; poorly made or carried out. |
| susceptible |
easily influenced or impressed (usually followed by "to"). |
| ubiquitous |
being or appearing to be in all places at the same time; omnipresent. |