| abate |
to become less in amount or intensity. |
| affluent |
having a lot of money; rich; wealthy. |
| amenable |
willing to respond, agree, or submit; agreeable; pliable. |
| cohesion |
the state or quality of having parts that are logically ordered or connected into a whole. |
| conciliatory |
tending to placate or reconcile. |
| ductile |
able to withstand stress without breaking, as in drawing out into wire or pounding thin. |
| entomology |
the science concerned with insects. |
| intuition |
the power to know or understand something without thinking it through in a logical way. |
| laborious |
requiring considerable effort or perseverance. |
| odious |
provoking or deserving of hatred; loathsome or repellent. |
| pictorial |
pertaining to, made of, or containing drawings, paintings, or photographs. |
| proletariat |
the working class, especially those who lack capital and must sell their usually unskilled labor in order to survive. |
| quintessence |
that which most perfectly describes or typifies something; essence. |
| rebuff |
to reject, repel, block, or set back. |
| reprieve |
to release (someone) temporarily or permanently from planned or impending punishment, pain, or difficulty. |