| ameliorate |
to make better; improve. |
| colloquial |
characteristic of or suited to informal or familiar conversation or to writing that is imitative of conversational tone. |
| cumulative |
becoming larger or greater by means of gradual addition. |
| denude |
to strip bare; remove covering from. |
| disarray |
confusion or disorder. |
| distill |
to subject (a substance) to heat to the point of vaporization, and then to cooling to produce condensation. |
| evanescent |
tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing; fleeting. |
| gouge |
a cut or hole made with something sharp. |
| ideology |
the body of beliefs, symbols, and political and social aims that characterizes a particular group or institution. |
| impregnate |
to make (a female animal or human) pregnant, or to make (an egg) fertile. |
| infelicity |
the quality or condition of being inappropriate, or unfortunate in the given circumstances. |
| instigate |
to purposely agitate or incite; provoke; foment. |
| populace |
the people who live in a particular place. |
| protagonist |
the leading character in a literary work. |
| replete |
well-supplied; full (usually followed by "with"). |