| confection |
a sweetened candy or fruit. |
| depreciate |
to lower the cost or value of, especially of property for tax purposes, or of money. |
| discontinuance |
the act of stopping or condition of being stopped; interruption. |
| inopportune |
occurring at an undesirable or unreasonable time. |
| irony |
a manner of using language so that it conveys a different or opposite meaning to that which is literally expressed in the words themselves. Irony is used in ordinary conversation and also as a literary technique, especially to express criticism or to produce humor or pathos. |
| ostracism |
an exclusion or rejection, as from a social group. |
| perfunctory |
done quickly and as a matter of routine; performed without care. |
| sermonize |
to preach, or to speak as if doing so. |
| slacken |
to decrease activity, strength, speed, intensity, or the like. |
| stratum |
a level in a social hierarchy. |
| tumult |
the noise and commotion of a large crowd; uproar. |
| ubiquitous |
being or appearing to be in all places at the same time; omnipresent. |
| unregulated |
not subject to rules or constraints. |
| veritable |
true; authentic; real. |
| volition |
the act of willing, deciding, or choosing. |