| absolve |
to free from consequences, blame, or guilt. |
| analogous |
similar or corresponding in some particular manner. |
| ashen1 |
of the color of ashes; very pale. |
| dilapidated |
fallen into ruin or decay. |
| emaciate |
to waste away the flesh of, usually by starvation or disease; make extremely thin. |
| exhort |
to advise, urge, or incite with great seriousness. |
| fraught |
accompanied by; full of, usually something bad or unpleasant. |
| idealist |
a person with high or noble principles, goals, or codes of action. |
| ingénue |
an inexperienced or artless girl or the role of a such a girl in a dramatic presentation. |
| nonchalant |
not showing excitement or anxiety; coolly confident, unflustered, or unworried;casually indifferent. |
| patronize |
to act in an offensively superior manner toward. |
| rudiment |
(often plural) something in an initial, imperfect, or undeveloped form. |
| scruple |
a belief about right and wrong that keeps a person from doing something that may be bad. |
| skirmish |
a minor or preliminary battle between small military units. |
| sycophant |
one that flatters and fawns over superiors in order to get favors or advance his or her position; toady. |