| antecedent |
an event, circumstance, or thing coming before another. |
| auspice |
(usually plural) sponsorship or protection; patronage. |
| demean1 |
to lower in esteem, stature, or dignity; degrade. |
| frolicsome |
full of high spirits, gaiety, or merriment; playful. |
| myriad |
of or constituting a great but unspecified number; numberless. |
| nullify |
to cause to have no value or consequence. |
| poseur |
one who adopts an affected attitude or manner in order to impress others. |
| potable |
fit for drinking. |
| reassess |
to evaluate again. |
| refract |
to bend (rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like) in passing (them) obliquely from one medium into another which transmits them at a different speed. |
| rift |
a break in social relations, because of a difference of opinion, quarrel, or the like; breach. |
| roil |
to disturb or anger; agitate. |
| solicitous |
anxiously or tenderly concerned or attentive (usually followed by about, of, or for.) |
| undercut |
to act so as to lessen the effectiveness or influence of; undermine or thwart. |
| ungainly |
lacking gracefulness or ease of movement; clumsy; awkward. |