| chastise |
to punish, often corporally. |
| contagion |
the spreading of a disease by contact or close association. |
| demur |
to object or indicate opposition to something. |
| fabricate |
to construct or create. |
| fanaticism |
excessive or unreasonable enthusiasm or support for something. |
| grapple |
to grasp, twist, or wrestle in close combat. |
| habitable |
capable of being lived in. |
| implausible |
hard to believe or credit. |
| insuperable |
not able to be conquered or overcome. |
| irony |
a manner of using language so that it conveys a different or opposite meaning to that which is literally expressed in the words themselves. Irony is used in ordinary conversation and also as a literary technique, especially to express criticism or to produce humor or pathos. |
| legacy |
money, property, or other goods left to someone in a will. |
| neutrality |
the foreign policy of a nation that refuses to take sides in an international dispute. |
| odious |
provoking or deserving of hatred; loathsome or repellent. |
| reformatory |
a corrective institution for disciplining and re-educating young offenders. |
| synchronize |
to cause to occur, move, or operate at the same time or rate. |