| bane |
something or someone that causes ruin or great trouble. |
| centennial |
having to do with a one hundredth anniversary. |
| comparative |
measured or estimated by comparison; relative. |
| crux |
an essential, basic, crucial, or pivotal point. |
| ferment |
a state of upset or fast change. |
| implicate |
to involve or prove involvement of (someone or something) in an affair, situation, event, or series of events. |
| incarnate |
having bodily form; personified. |
| inducement |
something used to persuade someone to a course of action; incentive. |
| intemperance |
lack of restraint in the indulgence of an appetite, especially the consumption of alcohol. |
| leer |
to give a sideways or nasty look or smile suggestive of malicious or sexual thoughts. |
| patron |
a regular customer of a shop, restaurant, or some other business. |
| prodigious |
inspiring wonder and admiration; marvelous. |
| prototype |
an original model on which later stages or forms are based or developed. |
| tenable |
able to be upheld, affirmed, supported, or defended; logical. |
| universality |
the quality, character, or condition of being universal. |