| alleviate |
to make (trouble or pain) easier to tolerate or accept; ease. |
| artisan |
a person skilled in making things, especially by using the hands. People such as those who make furniture, quilts, or other crafts are artisans. |
| dehumanize |
to deprive of individuality, spirit, or other human qualities; render routine or mechanical. |
| endorse |
to give support to; approve of. |
| erudition |
a high level of scholarly knowledge; learnedness. |
| fragmentary |
consisting of fragments; incomplete or disconnected. |
| hew |
to follow or obey strictly. |
| inkling |
a blurry or partial idea or understanding. |
| neutrality |
the foreign policy of a nation that refuses to take sides in an international dispute. |
| opalescent |
exhibiting a spectrum of colors or changing colors; iridescent. |
| relinquish |
to surrender, release, or let go of; give up. |
| roster |
a list of names of individuals or groups belonging to or participating in an organization, class, military or police unit, or the like. |
| ruffian |
one who is tough and violent; bully; thug. |
| verdant |
green. |
| zealot |
a person who is excessively and often intolerantly enthusiastic, especially about a cause or religious faith; fanatic. |