| consonance |
agreement, correspondence, or harmony. |
| decimation |
the act of destroying a large part or number of something. |
| emaciated |
extremely thin, as from starvation or disease. |
| ingrain |
to impress (habits, ideas, values, or the like) deeply and firmly in one's nature or mind. |
| inquisitive |
given to asking and inquiring; eager to learn. |
| interrelate |
to place in or come into a shared, mutual, or reciprocal relationship. |
| litigious |
inclined to bring lawsuits. |
| mettle |
toughness of character; courage. |
| oracular |
of, like, pertaining to, of having the nature of divine wisdom; prophetic; wise. |
| podium |
a raised platform, as for a speaker or orchestra conductor; dais. |
| remit |
to refrain from carrying out; cancel. |
| salubrious |
favorable to good health; healthy; wholesome. |
| solstice |
either of the two times in the year when the sun is furthest from the celestial equator, occurring in June and December. |
| synthesis |
the combining of discrete elements into a unified compound or entity, or the unified whole formed by such a combining. |
| venal |
capable of acting dishonestly or wrongly in return for money or the like; open to accepting bribes; corrupt. |