| auspice |
(usually plural) sponsorship or protection; patronage. |
| caricature |
a depiction, in a drawing or verbal description, that deliberately exaggerates or distorts some features of the person or thing represented to produce a comic or grotesque appearance. |
| disuse |
the state or condition of not being used or practiced any longer. |
| impede |
to slow or block the movement or progress of; hinder. |
| inaccessible |
hard or impossible to reach, approach, or attain. |
| lamentable |
deserving to be mourned or regretted; deplorable; unfortunate; disappointing. |
| mediate |
to act as an intermediary in (a dispute) or bring about (an agreement). |
| mien |
one's manner or bearing. |
| perfectionist |
one who tends not to be satisfied with less than flawless performance from herself or himself. |
| proletarian |
of, pertaining or belong to, or characteristic of the working class, especially laborers who lack capital. |
| ravish |
to overwhelm with emotion or sensation; enrapture. |
| renovate |
to put in good condition by repairing, remodeling, or the like; refurbish. |
| replete |
well-supplied; full (usually followed by "with"). |
| uncontrolled |
acting or continuing, or allowed to act or continue, without constraint, regulation, or opposition. |
| unhinge |
to cause to become confused, unbalanced, or deeply disturbed. |