| absolve |
to free from consequences, blame, or guilt. |
| anathema |
something or someone despised or cursed. |
| conscription |
compulsory enrollment in military service. |
| exhort |
to advise, urge, or incite with great seriousness. |
| farce |
anything improbable, absurd, or empty of meaning; mockery; sham. |
| fickle |
quickly changing without reason or warning, especially in affection or allegiance; variable or capricious. |
| impassable |
impossible to go past, through, over, or around. |
| inestimable |
of value or worth that cannot be measured; invaluable. |
| miff |
to cause (someone) to become annoyed; offend. |
| potent |
having strength; powerful. |
| prescience |
knowledge of future occurrences; foreknowledge. |
| sodden |
drenched with liquid; saturated; soaked. |
| unsubstantiated |
lacking the evidence or verification needed to establish as true. |
| usurp |
to take and hold (a right, position, office, or the like) illegally, wrongfully, or by force. |
| verve |
energetic enthusiasm; liveliness. |