| compassion |
a feeling of sharing another's suffering that leads to a desire to help. |
| constrain |
to keep within tight restrictions; confine. |
| contemptuous |
feeling or expressing angry disgust, as at something unworthy or wicked; scornful. |
| defunct |
no longer in existence or use; dead; extinct. |
| delectable |
extremely pleasing to the taste; delicious. |
| disinterest |
lack of bias or self-interest; impartiality. |
| dispassionate |
without strong feeling or bias; calm; impartial. |
| matriculate |
to enroll or be enrolled in an organization, especially a college or university. |
| reciprocity |
a mutual interchange of privileges or favors between two nations, groups, or institutions. |
| sophomoric |
displaying intellectual pretentiousness or proud confidence about one's knowledge when actually poorly informed or immature. |
| spat1 |
a short, slight quarrel. |
| stratum |
a level in a social hierarchy. |
| treatise |
a detailed and formal written work, usually dealing systematically with a single theme or subject. |
| turgid |
overwrought in language or style; too solemn or too ornate; inflated; bombastic. |
| wholehearted |
without reservation; sincere and enthusiastic. |