| absolutist |
of or relating to government by total, unrestrained power. |
| camaraderie |
friendship, good humor, and closeness among a group. |
| conflagration |
a large, damaging fire. |
| conspirator |
a person who is involved in a plot with others to perform or a criminal or wrongful act. |
| convoke |
to summon to an assembly; marshal. |
| defray |
to pay or assist in the payment of (costs or the like). |
| droll |
wryly amusing or humorous. |
| odious |
provoking or deserving of hatred; loathsome or repellent. |
| prevaricate |
to lie, mislead, or conceal the truth deliberately. |
| 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. |
| regimen |
a regulated routine of therapy or exercise designed to promote health or fitness. |
| regression |
the act or condition of return to an earlier form or less advanced state; biological or psychological reversion. |
| surveillance |
a close watch or observation, especially of a person or group of people under suspicion. |
| uninformative |
conveying little or no knowledge or understanding. |
| zealot |
a person who is excessively and often intolerantly enthusiastic, especially about a cause or religious faith; fanatic. |