| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| apotheosis |
a perfect or ideal example; epitome. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| diurnal |
occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| laconic |
using very few words; succinct; terse. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| prerogative |
an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |