| conciliatory |
tending to placate or reconcile. |
| concoct |
to make by putting together a number of parts or ingredients. |
| diverge |
to extend or move away in different directions from a common point. |
| encumbrance |
something or someone that hinders or burdens; impediment. |
| exchangeable |
capable of being interchanged with or given in return for another. |
| impart |
to give all or a part of; bestow or transmit. |
| indictment |
the act of being formally accused of a crime by a grand jury, or the condition of being formally accused of a crime by a grand jury. |
| instigate |
to purposely agitate or incite; provoke; foment. |
| inviolate |
not broken, disturbed, or profaned; pure or intact. |
| precarious |
so unstable or insecure as to be dangerous; risky. |
| precinct |
an area in a town or city that forms a separate district for voting or that is looked after by one police unit. |
| salient |
extremely noticeable or prominent; conspicuous; important. |
| stanza |
a group of related lines in a poem that make up one section within the poem. Stanzas often have a regular meter and rhyme pattern. |
| suave |
polished and urbane. |
| tentative |
not yet fully developed or definitely decided; provisional. |