| commune2 |
a group of people living together as a community, working collectively on land owned in common or by a government. |
| consort |
a wife or husband, especially of a royal personage. |
| decorous |
proper or formal with respect to behavior, manners, appearance, or the like. |
| disarray |
confusion or disorder. |
| fetid |
having a foul odor; stinking. |
| garish |
marked by excessive or tasteless color or decoration; gaudy; flashy. |
| irrefutable |
impossible to disprove; indisputable. |
| manipulate |
to handle or operate skillfully with the hands. |
| pall1 |
an atmosphere of gloom or despair. |
| patrician |
of, concerning, or belonging to an aristocratic class. |
| placate |
to calm down and make less angry, especially by appeasement; conciliate; pacify. |
| retrospect |
reflection on the past or on past events or achievements. |
| simplistic |
excessively simplified, as to be unrealistic. |
| subsume |
to classify, consider, or include (an idea, proposition, or the like) in a more comprehensive or general category or principle. |
| underscore |
to emphasize by, or as if by, drawing a line beneath. |