| conciliatory |
tending to placate or reconcile. |
| deficit |
The amount by which something is less than what is needed. A deficit of money is caused by spending more than has been taken in. |
| digress |
to stray from the main topic; ramble. |
| distill |
to subject (a substance) to heat to the point of vaporization, and then to cooling to produce condensation. |
| equinox |
either of the two times during the year when the sun's rays are perpendicular to the earth's equator, occurring in March and September. During the equinox, day and night are both 12 hours long all over the world. |
| fodder |
feed for farm animals, such as stalks of corn cut and mixed with hay. |
| folio |
a large sheet of paper that has been folded once to form two leaves or four pages of a book or manuscript. |
| hubris |
the pride associated with arrogance; pride considered as sin. |
| incandescent |
giving off light as a result of being heated. |
| lionize |
to view or treat (someone) as a celebrity or extraordinary person. |
| mainstay |
the main support of something. |
| patriarch |
a man who is the leader of a family or tribe. |
| pirouette |
a ballet movement involving a rapid rotation of the body upon the toes or foot. |
| unchallenged |
not or not having been questioned, disputed, or contested. |
| vouch |
to promise to be true, real, or correct (usually followed by "for"). |