| apparition |
a ghostly image; phantom; specter. |
| armistice |
an agreement by groups of people or countries at war to stop fighting; truce. |
| chasm |
a deep crack in the earth's surface. |
| comradeship |
friendship based on shared or group activities or interests. |
| conclusive |
serving to reach a final answer or decision, or to settle. |
| counterfeiter |
one who makes fraudulent imitations or copies, especially of money. |
| earthy |
realistic, practical, and unpretentious. |
| grandiloquent |
speaking or expressed in a pretentious, pompous, or excessively ornate fashion. |
| heartrending |
causing or expressing deep sorrow or anguish. |
| jargon |
special words or language used by a particular group or to describe a particular interest. |
| pretext |
a false reason or claim put forward to mask one's true motive or aim. |
| quiescent |
in a state of inaction or rest; dormant. |
| regimen |
a regulated routine of therapy or exercise designed to promote health or fitness. |
| skirmish |
a minor or preliminary battle between small military units. |
| vicarious |
experienced through imagined participation in someone else's actions, sufferings, or the like. |