| broach |
to suggest or mention for the first time; bring up. |
| confluence |
a joining of two or more streams, or their point of junction. |
| consort |
a wife or husband, especially of a royal personage. |
| culmination |
the highest point; zenith; climax. |
| disaffect |
to cause to lose affection for, loyalty to, or contentment in an idea, a person, or an organization such as a government; alienate. |
| galvanize |
to stimulate into awareness or activity. |
| ludicrous |
worthy of mockery; laughable and ridiculous. |
| myopic |
unable to see objects clearly from a distance; nearsighted. |
| quintessence |
that which most perfectly describes or typifies something; essence. |
| reprehensible |
deserving of blame or reproof; condemnable; blameworthy. |
| sally |
a sudden forward attack or rush from a defensive position by a military force. |
| Spartan |
(usually lower case) characterised by simplicity and austerity. |
| stupefy |
to astound or bedazzle. |
| throe |
(usually plural) any convulsive or anguished struggle, or great exertion. |
| unregulated |
not subject to rules or constraints. |