| abridgment |
the process or an instance of making shorter or condensing. |
| bucolic |
of or suggesting the countryside or a rustic style of life, especially one that is quiet and pleasant. |
| caucus |
a private meeting of leaders of a political party to choose candidates or determine policy, or such a group itself. |
| chattel |
any article of property not attached to lands or buildings; movable property. |
| chimerical |
existing only in the mind; fanciful. |
| desist |
to stop acting in a certain way. |
| equanimity |
the quality of remaining calm, serene, or unruffled, especially under stress; composure. |
| fodder |
feed for farm animals, such as stalks of corn cut and mixed with hay. |
| ingratiate |
to seek or secure another's favor or approval for (oneself). |
| matriarch |
a woman who acts as head of a family, tribe, or other group of people. |
| misnomer |
an incorrect or inappropriate name. |
| portly |
rather fat; stout. |
| refract |
to bend (rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like) in passing (them) obliquely from one medium into another which transmits them at a different speed. |
| squalor |
living conditions that are filthy, or the state of being dirty or foul. |
| titular |
having a title but none of the power or responsibility related to it; nominal. |