| abate |
to become less in amount or intensity. |
| allure |
to attract strongly by appealing to people's inner wishes; tempt. |
| autocracy |
rule by one person with absolute power; despotism. |
| emulate |
to try to be the same as or better than (another person), especially by imitating. |
| finesse |
refined and delicate skill or tact in executing a task or coping with a situation. |
| gaseous |
in the form of or resembling a gas. |
| heterogeneous |
made up of parts or members that differ from each other. (Cf. homogeneous.) |
| largess |
liberality in giving, especially money, and often with an implication of the giver's superiority. |
| maniacal |
marked by wildness, craziness, and violence. |
| outstrip |
to exceed or surpass. |
| presentiment |
an intuition or sense of something about to happen; foreboding. |
| progeny |
a descendant, or descendants collectively; offspring. |
| prototype |
an original model on which later stages or forms are based or developed. |
| pundit |
an authoritative, or purportedly authoritative, commentator or critic. |
| venal |
capable of acting dishonestly or wrongly in return for money or the like; open to accepting bribes; corrupt. |