| absolutist |
of or relating to government by total, unrestrained power. |
| arduous |
entailing great difficulty, exertion, or endurance; laborious. |
| chagrin |
embarrassment or humiliation arising from disappointment or failure. |
| complaisant |
eager or willing to please; amenable; obliging. |
| composite |
made up of several parts. |
| curriculum |
the courses offered at a school or in a particular area of study. |
| diverge |
to extend or move away in different directions from a common point. |
| grandiloquence |
speech that is pretentious, pompous, or excessively mannered. |
| inimitable |
impossible to mimic or copy, because of uniqueness or superiority. |
| laggard |
someone or something that falls behind the pace of others. |
| odious |
provoking or deserving of hatred; loathsome or repellent. |
| retard |
to cause (growth, development, or the like) to be slow or incomplete; stunt. |
| satirical |
containing or marked by the use of parody or irony to ridicule or denounce human corruptness or folly. |
| solicit |
to try to obtain (business, recruits, donations, help, or the like) by persuasion, formal request, or pleading. |
| subsidiary |
assisting or supplementing. |