| alleviate |
to make (trouble or pain) easier to tolerate or accept; ease. |
| bauble |
a showy or gaudy trinket or ornament of little value. |
| clairvoyant |
possessing the ability to see or know things that are beyond the five senses. |
| credo |
any formulation of belief, especially a religious one. |
| diverge |
to extend or move away in different directions from a common point. |
| dross |
anything that is worthless or useless; rubbish. |
| folio |
a large sheet of paper that has been folded once to form two leaves or four pages of a book or manuscript. |
| frugal |
small in amount or cost; meager. |
| incognito |
in disguise; under a false identity. |
| inopportune |
occurring at an undesirable or unreasonable time. |
| mortify |
to subject (someone) to extreme embarrassment, shame, or humiliation. |
| populist |
a person, especially a political leader, who represents, or claims to represent, the interests and concerns of the common people rather than the privileged, the politically powerful, or the intelligentsia. |
| servile |
very submissive to another's authority; slavish. |
| 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. |
| sinuous |
having many curves or turns. |