| adulterate |
to make worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| appease |
to cause to become calmer by meeting demands. |
| armistice |
an agreement by groups of people or countries at war to stop fighting; truce. |
| comely |
pleasing in appearance. |
| demoralize |
to weaken or destroy the confidence, courage, spirit, or morale of. |
| epilogue |
a short concluding section to a literary work, often summarizing what later becomes of the characters. |
| exuberance |
the condition or quality of being vigorously happy or high-spirited. |
| fatuous |
smugly foolish or stupid. |
| foretaste |
a partial, advance experience or realization of something that will come or happen in the future. |
| implicate |
to involve or prove involvement of (someone or something) in an affair, situation, event, or series of events. |
| languid |
lacking or not showing strength, energy, or spirit; weak, slow, or listless. |
| referendum |
the submission of a legislative measure to a vote by the general public, or the vote thus taken. |
| skiff |
a small, light boat that may have sails but can be rowed by one oarsman. |
| socialite |
one who is prominent in fashionable social circles. |
| vivacious |
full of life and spirit; animated. |