| attrition |
a gradual erosion of strength or morale. |
| elaboration |
the act or an instance of adding explanatory material or detail, or the material or detail so added. |
| enclave |
a small territory or country mostly or completely surrounded by another. |
| gainsay |
to deny or contradict. |
| hew |
to follow or obey strictly. |
| nostalgia |
a longing for the past. |
| palpable |
easy to sense or perceive; obvious. |
| pauper |
a very poor person who must live on public money. |
| preeminent |
surpassing others in importance and prominence; foremost. |
| proliferate |
to spread or increase quickly. |
| promulgate |
to explain or give instruction in (a doctrine) in public; advocate. |
| ramification |
a consequence or related aspect of something; offshoot. |
| stalemate |
any situation in which a further action, offer, or the like is impossible or unlikely; deadlock. |
| subsume |
to classify, consider, or include (an idea, proposition, or the like) in a more comprehensive or general category or principle. |
| tithe |
an amount of money, produce, or goods equal in value to a tenth of one's income, given or paid as a contribution or tax, especially to a church. |