| alias |
a false name used to hide one's real name. |
| alliance |
a group of people, countries, or groups that share certain goals and agree to work together. |
| citation |
the act of citing or quoting, or the passage or source so cited. |
| concordance |
an alphabetical index of all the main words in a book or in the entire work of an author, listing the contexts in which each word occurs and giving page references for each occurrence. |
| conformity |
accordance or compliance with a standard or norm. |
| consecutive |
following one after another without a break. |
| cultivate |
to make fit for growing plants by plowing, weeding, or adding fertilizer. |
| extravagant |
spending too much; spending in a foolish or careless way. |
| irk |
to annoy, irritate, or exasperate. |
| legislator |
someone who makes laws. |
| motive |
an idea, need, desire, or impulse that causes a person to act in a particular way or do a particular thing; reason. |
| nauseate |
to cause disgust or repugnance in. |
| operative |
being in effect. |
| refrain1 |
to hold oneself back; to not enter into a particular action; desist; forbear (often followed by "from"). |
| termination |
the act or an instance of ending, or the fact or condition of being ended. |