| dogged |
persistent or stubborn. |
| epithet |
a word or phrase attached to, or used in place of, a given name. |
| exculpate |
to free (a person or group) from guilt or blame, or from the suspicion of guilt or blame. |
| frenetic |
frantic; frenzied. |
| frolicsome |
full of high spirits, gaiety, or merriment; playful. |
| implicate |
to involve or prove involvement of (someone or something) in an affair, situation, event, or series of events. |
| insufferable |
incapable of being tolerated or endured; unbearable. |
| intimacy |
the condition of being close in friendship or otherwise intimate. |
| quandary |
a situation of uncertainty, puzzlement, or hesitation; dilemma. |
| rampant |
unrestrained or uncontrollable; unbridled. |
| ratify |
to approve in an official way; confirm. |
| referendum |
the submission of a legislative measure to a vote by the general public, or the vote thus taken. |
| remit |
to refrain from carrying out; cancel. |
| subversive |
tending or intended to undermine or cause the overthrow of an established authority, especially a national government. |
| trite |
ineffective or stale because of frequent repetition; commonplace; hackneyed. |