| abridgment |
the process or an instance of making shorter or condensing. |
| acclaim |
to show enthusiastic approval of. |
| conflagration |
a large, damaging fire. |
| evasion |
the act or an instance of escaping, avoiding, or failing to perform something. |
| fractious |
inclined to be irritable and quarrelsome; cranky. |
| impenetrable |
impossible to enter; impervious. |
| indigent |
without financial means to live; needy; poor. |
| interdependent |
relying on or needing one another. |
| irony |
a manner of using language so that it conveys a different or opposite meaning to that which is literally expressed in the words themselves. Irony is used in ordinary conversation and also as a literary technique, especially to express criticism or to produce humor or pathos. |
| juxtapose |
to bring together for the purpose of side-by-side comparison or contrast. |
| mesmerize |
to induce a hypnotic trance in; hypnotize. |
| propensity |
a natural or inborn tendency, aptitude, or preference (often followed by an infinitive or "for"). |
| scourge |
someone or something that inflicts punishment or causes suffering or destruction. |
| stupefy |
to astound or bedazzle. |
| succumb |
to give in or give way to a fatal illness, superior force, overwhelming desire, or the like; yield. |