| confidant |
one to whom a secret or secrets are entrusted. |
| cozen |
to deceive or trick; swindle. |
| enfranchise |
to give the rights of a citizen to, especially the right to vote. |
| extant |
still in existence; current; not extinct, destroyed, or lost. |
| imperfection |
a flaw or fault. |
| martinet |
a person who enforces very strict discipline, especially in the military. |
| misdemeanor |
in law, a class of illegal act that is less serious than a felony and carries a lighter sentence; minor offense. |
| partake |
to take part; participate (usually followed by "in"). |
| permeate |
to pass or diffuse through; penetrate. |
| Philistine |
(sometimes lower case) one who is ignorant of, smugly indifferent to, or hostile to aesthetic and cultural values. |
| preponderance |
superiority in amount, strength, significance, weight, or the like. |
| promulgate |
to explain or give instruction in (a doctrine) in public; advocate. |
| rectitude |
moral or ethical propriety; uprightness. |
| rostrum |
a raised platform or dais for public speaking. |
| solstice |
either of the two times in the year when the sun is furthest from the celestial equator, occurring in June and December. |