| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| deadeye |
an expert shooter. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| omnibus |
concerning or including a large collection of things. |
| opiate |
something that induces relaxation, calm, or stupor. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |