| contrive |
to plan in a clever way; invent. |
| despot |
a ruler who has complete power and authority. |
| dowdy1 |
not at all stylish; shabby or dull. |
| grandiloquence |
speech that is pretentious, pompous, or excessively mannered. |
| hegemony |
predominance of one country or social group over others by virtue of leadership or influence. |
| indelible |
incapable of being removed or obliterated; permanent. |
| natty |
(informal) neat, well-groomed, and smartly dressed; dapper. |
| paucity |
smallness of number or amount; scarcity. |
| preempt |
to seize or appropriate ahead of others. |
| quiescent |
in a state of inaction or rest; dormant. |
| redress |
compensation or reparation; amends. |
| repository |
a container or place where things may be stored; storage unit or space. |
| synopsis |
a short statement giving an overview, the main principles, or the sequence of events of a narrative, argument, article, or the like; summary; abstract. |
| synthesis |
the combining of discrete elements into a unified compound or entity, or the unified whole formed by such a combining. |
| underscore |
to emphasize by, or as if by, drawing a line beneath. |