| accolade |
an expression or mark of approval; honor; award. |
| alimony |
money that a court orders one member of a divorced couple to pay to the other. |
| commensurate |
of equal measure, as extent or duration. |
| disenfranchise |
to deprive (someone) of a right of citizenship, especially the right to vote. |
| encumber |
to hinder the normal progress, performance, or use of. |
| entail |
to call for or bring about as a necessary accompaniment; necessarily involve. |
| estrange |
to cause (someone) to change from friendly and sympathetic to hostile or indifferent; alienate. |
| insensible |
without normal sensations; unconscious. |
| paraphrase |
a restatement of a passage or text in somewhat different words so as to simplify, clarify, or amplify. |
| pernicious |
having a very harmful or fatal effect; injurious, deadly, or destructive. |
| proliferate |
to spread or increase quickly. |
| refute |
to demonstrate the falseness or error of; disprove. |
| stratagem |
a plan or trick to deceive, surprise, or outwit an opponent, especially as a military maneuver. |
| tenuous |
having little substance, support, or significance; flimsy; weak. |
| wrest |
to take away with, or as if with, a twist or pull. |