apportion |
to assign, adjust, or distribute parts so as to maintain the proper proportion; allot. |
armistice |
an agreement by groups of people or countries at war to stop fighting; truce. |
buoyancy |
the capacity to float or rise to the top in a liquid or gas. |
coerce |
to persuade or pressure (a person) to do something by using threats, intimidation, or the like. |
consecrate |
to commit or devote to some goal or service. |
disband |
of an organized group, to break up or disperse. |
folio |
a large sheet of paper that has been folded once to form two leaves or four pages of a book or manuscript. |
intimacy |
the condition of being close in friendship or otherwise intimate. |
outmoded |
no longer in keeping with current standards or practices; obsolete. |
pilgrimage |
a usually long trip undertaken for religious purposes, such as to visit a holy place. |
primacy |
the state of being first, earliest, most essential, or most important. |
remuneration |
pay, reward, or compensation. |
retrograde |
moving or tending to move in a backward direction; retreating. |
salubrious |
favorable to good health; healthy; wholesome. |
sheathe |
to put in a tight, protective case. |