| cognate |
having a common origin, as languages. |
| consort |
a wife or husband, especially of a royal personage. |
| dehumanize |
to deprive of individuality, spirit, or other human qualities; render routine or mechanical. |
| earthy |
realistic, practical, and unpretentious. |
| enigma |
something puzzling, contradictory, or mysterious; something for which a solution cannot be found. |
| exuberance |
the condition or quality of being vigorously happy or high-spirited. |
| forestall |
to prevent or hinder by taking action beforehand. |
| impassioned |
full of strong emotion. |
| ire |
anger or wrath. |
| jocose |
inclined to joke; jovial; merry. |
| myopia |
a visual defect in which distant images are focused in front of rather than on the retina; nearsightedness. |
| nullify |
to cause to have no value or consequence. |
| peripheral |
related but not essential. |
| revoke |
to take back, cancel, or make no longer valid. |
| wince |
to draw suddenly back or away from something painful or frightening. |