| bigot |
one who is prejudiced against and intolerant of any group or belief that is not his or her own, especially religious, racial, or ethnic. |
| contiguous |
in contact; touching; adjoining. |
| degenerate |
to decline from an original or former condition; change for the worse in nature or quality; deteriorate. |
| exalt |
to honor or glorify. |
| haggle |
to bargain or argue over petty differences in price, terms, or point of view. |
| inclusive |
comprising or covering a great deal; comprehensive. |
| interpose |
to insert (a comment, question, criticism, or the like) in the course of a conversation or speech. |
| laud |
to praise. |
| provisional |
adopted on a temporary or tentative basis until something permanent is established; conditional. |
| simile |
a figure of speech in which two different things are compared by using the words "like" or "as." "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb" is an example of a simile. |
| succulent |
full of juice or sap; juicy. |
| sunder |
to tear, force, or break apart; divide. |
| uncharted |
not recorded on any map; unexplored or unknown, as some geographical area or field of research. |
| venturesome |
tending to take risks; brave. |
| workaday |
ordinary; mundane; everyday. |