| accost |
to confront and speak first to, often aggressively. |
| bonanza |
anything that brings great wealth and prosperity. |
| contrive |
to plan in a clever way; invent. |
| curtail |
to make shorter; cut off part of. |
| egress |
an act, instance, method, or place of exit or emergence. |
| engulf |
to cover entirely, as if by a flood. |
| evenhanded |
fair and impartial in the treatment of others; equitable. |
| exemplar |
one worthy to be imitated or studied; model. |
| malice |
the wish to harm others; ill will. |
| mandatory |
ordered; required; obligatory. |
| posit |
to propose or suggest as an account of something or as a contribution to an understanding of something. |
| proscribe |
to make illegal or prohibit. |
| sear1 |
to burn or scorch the outside of. |
| urbane |
refined in manner; polished; elegant. |
| vestige |
a visible trace or sign of something no longer present or existing. |