| abridgment |
the process or an instance of making shorter or condensing. |
| charlatan |
one who deceitfully claims to possess a particular skill or expertise; fraud; quack. |
| clime |
in literary use, a region of the earth, or the typical weather conditions thereof. |
| commune2 |
a group of people living together as a community, working collectively on land owned in common or by a government. |
| disaffect |
to cause to lose affection for, loyalty to, or contentment in an idea, a person, or an organization such as a government; alienate. |
| imperturbable |
not easily excited or disturbed; calm. |
| irreparable |
impossible to repair, restore, or rectify. |
| mutable |
able or likely to change. |
| nihilism |
the belief that existence has no meaning or purpose. |
| quizzical |
expressing doubt, confusion, or questioning; puzzled. |
| reinstate |
to put back into a former position, condition, or state of effectiveness. |
| soporific |
causing sleep or sleepiness. |
| stratify |
to assign categories or create divisions within (a society) according to a hierarchy of social or economic classes. |
| subsidiary |
assisting or supplementing. |
| wayward |
difficult to control; willfully disobedient. |