| assimilate |
to adapt and conform. |
| diminutive |
very small; tiny. |
| disinclination |
a feeling of distaste; unwillingness or reluctance. |
| ferocity |
the quality or state of being cruelly savage or fierce. |
| gentry |
people who come from families of high social standing. |
| incontrovertible |
not able to be questioned or disputed. |
| misconception |
an error in understanding; wrong notion or idea. |
| mystical |
spiritually powerful, significant, or symbolic. |
| perpetrate |
to commit or carry out (a crime, act of mischief, or the like). |
| prodigious |
inspiring wonder and admiration; marvelous. |
| pugnacious |
ready or eager to fight; overly aggressive or quarrelsome. |
| reticent |
reluctant to speak; not given to frequent speech; restrained; shy. |
| rile |
to make angry; irritate or annoy. |
| sordid |
morally bad; ignoble or base. |
| succumb |
to give in or give way to a fatal illness, superior force, overwhelming desire, or the like; yield. |