| adherent |
one who supports or follows a person, party, principle, or the like (usually followed by "of"). |
| annul |
to make nonexistent or ineffective; cancel. |
| efficacy |
the ability to produce desired results; effectiveness. |
| elegy |
a sorrowful or mournful poem or musical composition, especially a lament for the dead. |
| elongate |
to make longer; lengthen. |
| enormity |
the quality of surpassing moral limits; offensive or disgraceful character. |
| felicity |
an instance or condition of great happiness; bliss. |
| firmament |
the entire arch of the sky; heavens. |
| imperfection |
a flaw or fault. |
| juxtapose |
to bring together for the purpose of side-by-side comparison or contrast. |
| nullify |
to cause to have no value or consequence. |
| touchstone |
a test or standard by which to evaluate the worth of something. |
| traduce |
to make malicious or false statements about; slander. |
| treatise |
a detailed and formal written work, usually dealing systematically with a single theme or subject. |
| visceral |
stemming from instinct or intuition rather than the intellect. |