| anonymous |
having an unknown name or identity. |
| brevity |
shortness of duration. |
| bromide |
a bland or trite remark or idea. |
| contemptuous |
feeling or expressing angry disgust, as at something unworthy or wicked; scornful. |
| contentious |
inclined to argue; quarrelsome; belligerent. |
| desist |
to stop acting in a certain way. |
| diligent |
trying hard and steadily to achieve a goal. |
| gratify |
to please; satisfy. |
| lobbyist |
one who attempts, on behalf of a special interest group, to influence the way legislators vote. |
| mandatory |
ordered; required; obligatory. |
| preponderance |
superiority in amount, strength, significance, weight, or the like. |
| rehabilitate |
to restore to good health or to an otherwise improved state of being. |
| senile |
showing certain characteristics of old age, especially a deterioration of mental faculties or emotional control. |
| unyielding |
hard; firm; resistant to pressure or force. |
| usurp |
to take and hold (a right, position, office, or the like) illegally, wrongfully, or by force. |