| altruistic |
unselfishly devoted to the welfare of others. |
| autocracy |
rule by one person with absolute power; despotism. |
| bedizen |
to dress or decorate in a flashy, garish fashion. |
| bromide |
a bland or trite remark or idea. |
| counterfeiter |
one who makes fraudulent imitations or copies, especially of money. |
| disuse |
the state or condition of not being used or practiced any longer. |
| euphemism |
the word or expression so substituted. |
| fester |
to become filled with pus; become infected. |
| interpose |
to insert (a comment, question, criticism, or the like) in the course of a conversation or speech. |
| ovation |
a prolonged or enthusiastic episode of applause for someone, as following a performance. |
| plagiarize |
to wrongfully and deliberately claim as one's own (the ideas, words, or the like) of someone else. |
| sequel |
what follows afterwards, such as the next event in a series, especially as it arises from previous events. |
| spate |
a sudden rush, outpouring, or flood. |
| stoic |
showing little or no reaction to painful or pleasant experiences; unmoved; impassive. |
| synthesis |
the combining of discrete elements into a unified compound or entity, or the unified whole formed by such a combining. |