| ascendant |
moving upward; rising. |
| capricious |
tending to act on impulse; subject to whim; erratic and unpredictable. |
| castigate |
to punish or rebuke, as with severe public criticism; chastise. |
| cohort |
(often derogatory) a friend or associate. |
| douse1 |
to place or plunge in water or another liquid; immerse. |
| gratis |
without charging money; freely. |
| impassable |
impossible to go past, through, over, or around. |
| implausible |
hard to believe or credit. |
| invariable |
not subject to change; consistently the same. |
| propagate |
to reproduce (offspring) or cause to reproduce. |
| recession1 |
a period of reduced or declining economic activity. |
| rediscover |
to begin experiencing again; find again; regain. |
| surrogate |
acting as, or considered to be, a substitute or replacement. |
| traverse |
to go over, along, or through; cover or cross. |
| vivacious |
full of life and spirit; animated. |