| abuse |
cruel or harmful treatment. |
| congestion |
the condition of being excessively full, especially the condition of a road or highway being overly filled with traveling vehicles or pedestrians. |
| denounce |
to speak out against. |
| disdain |
an attitude or display of contempt; scorn. |
| emit |
to send out or give off. |
| enterprise |
a plan or project that is risky, bold, or difficult to carry out; undertaking. |
| imprison |
to put or keep in a prison. |
| medieval |
of, or having to do with the Middle Ages. |
| millennium |
a unit of time equal to one thousand years. |
| misunderstand |
to fail to understand correctly; give the wrong meaning to. |
| mitigate |
to lessen the force, severity, or impact of. |
| similarly |
in the same way or in the same amount. |
| stereotype |
a standardized and usually oversimplified and inaccurate conception held in common by many people. |
| thereby |
as a result of that; by that means. |
| tolerance |
willingness to accept people whose race, religion, opinions, or habits are different from one's own. |