| delude |
to cause to hold a false belief; mislead; deceive. |
| dogged |
persistent or stubborn. |
| endemic |
native to or restricted to a given place or population. |
| grandiloquence |
speech that is pretentious, pompous, or excessively mannered. |
| impregnate |
to make (a female animal or human) pregnant, or to make (an egg) fertile. |
| incognito |
in disguise; under a false identity. |
| inexplicable |
unable to be explained or interpreted. |
| insolvent |
incapable of paying debts or meeting liabilities; penniless; bankrupt. |
| lobbyist |
one who attempts, on behalf of a special interest group, to influence the way legislators vote. |
| pinnacle |
the highest point or part of anything; apex; summit. |
| repulsion |
extreme distaste, disgust, or aversion. |
| slacken |
to decrease activity, strength, speed, intensity, or the like. |
| suborn |
to induce (someone) to commit a crime or other corrupt deed. |
| ulterior |
beyond or excluded from what is openly admitted or shown, especially when concealed for the purposes of deception. |
| ungovernable |
unable to be governed, ordered, or controlled; uncontrollable. |