| arraign |
to bring before a court of law to respond to a charge or indictment. |
| cabal |
a small group of people engaged in a secret plot, usually of a political nature. |
| filial |
of, concerning, or befitting a daughter or son. |
| financier |
a person skilled in or occupied in financial operations, usually on a large scale. |
| gauche |
deficient in manners or other conventions of social behavior; boorish; crude. |
| hegemony |
predominance of one country or social group over others by virtue of leadership or influence. |
| manifesto |
a public statement of principles and intentions, usually by an organized political group or person. |
| patronage |
the financial or other support given to a business establishment by its customers or clients. |
| petite |
of a girl or woman, short and slender. |
| pilfer |
to steal, especially trifling amounts or things of small value. |
| plagiarize |
to wrongfully and deliberately claim as one's own (the ideas, words, or the like) of someone else. |
| reprove |
to criticize, usually mildly, for wrongdoing. |
| typify |
to be the representative example of. |
| vanquish |
to subdue or defeat by or as if by greater force; conquer; overcome. |
| verdant |
green. |