| confluence |
a joining of two or more streams, or their point of junction. |
| disincline |
to cause to be unwilling or reluctant. |
| duplicity |
deceitful speech or action. |
| importune |
to pester with insistent demands or requests. |
| offhand |
done without thinking or preparing ahead of time. |
| pivotal |
critically important or crucial; on which something is contingent. |
| ponderous |
heavily labored and dull. |
| precinct |
an area in a town or city that forms a separate district for voting or that is looked after by one police unit. |
| presentiment |
an intuition or sense of something about to happen; foreboding. |
| profuse |
great in amount or number. |
| rescind |
to take back or make invalid; revoke. |
| reverent |
characterized by, showing, or feeling great respect and awe mingled with love. |
| rudimentary |
of or pertaining to the basic or first principles; elementary. |
| slacken |
to decrease activity, strength, speed, intensity, or the like. |
| stalemate |
any situation in which a further action, offer, or the like is impossible or unlikely; deadlock. |