| abasement |
the act of bringing down or the state of being brought down in rank, status, or reputation. |
| acclaim |
to show enthusiastic approval of. |
| amenity |
(plural) social courtesies; agreeable manners; pleasantries. |
| arbitration |
the consideration and decision of an issue or dispute by someone who has the official authority to decide such matters. |
| covetous |
desiring that which belongs to another; wanting possessions; greedy. |
| douse1 |
to place or plunge in water or another liquid; immerse. |
| finicky |
exceptionally fussy or hard to satisfy. |
| gauche |
deficient in manners or other conventions of social behavior; boorish; crude. |
| nadir |
the lowest or most depressing point or stage. |
| namesake |
one who has been named after another. |
| pariah |
a despised or socially outcast person. |
| prodigious |
inspiring wonder and admiration; marvelous. |
| seclude |
to keep apart from other people or activity. |
| simultaneous |
existing, happening, or done at the same time. |
| stratify |
to assign categories or create divisions within (a society) according to a hierarchy of social or economic classes. |