| affiliate |
to join as a member or smaller branch of (usually followed by "with"). |
| beneficent |
tending to do good; kindly; charitable. |
| cistern |
a tank or other receptacle for catching and storing water, especially rainwater. |
| cohort |
(often derogatory) a friend or associate. |
| covetous |
desiring that which belongs to another; wanting possessions; greedy. |
| eloquence |
skill or ability to use language that impresses or persuades. |
| expunge |
to cross out or erase. |
| jabber |
to speak or make sounds like speech, quickly or at length, but without making much sense or creating much interest in the listener; babble. |
| mollify |
to ease or soothe the anger or emotion of; make calmer; appease. |
| ostracism |
an exclusion or rejection, as from a social group. |
| pellucid |
extremely clear in meaning. |
| pertinent |
having to do with or connected to a subject; relevant. |
| reaffirm |
to verify by asserting again. |
| soluble |
able to be dissolved. |
| synthesis |
the combining of discrete elements into a unified compound or entity, or the unified whole formed by such a combining. |