| agrarian |
pertaining to the ownership, tenure, or cultivation of land. |
| buttress |
a structure built to give support to the outside of a building or a wall. |
| candor |
the quality of openness, honesty, and straightforwardness in expression. |
| defile1 |
to make unclean, foul, or filthy. |
| disputation |
the act or process of arguing or debating a topic. |
| exude |
to emit or give off from, or as if from, the pores of the skin. |
| flaunt |
to display ostentatiously; show off. |
| grapple |
to grasp, twist, or wrestle in close combat. |
| inherent |
existing in or belonging to something as an essential or inborn part of its nature; innate; intrinsic. |
| obsession |
that which preoccupies one's mind or emotions excessively or abnormally. |
| onus |
an unwanted but necessary task; burden. |
| raconteur |
one who is talented in storytelling. |
| subsume |
to classify, consider, or include (an idea, proposition, or the like) in a more comprehensive or general category or principle. |
| supersede |
to take over the position or influence of; replace. |
| treatise |
a detailed and formal written work, usually dealing systematically with a single theme or subject. |