| biennial |
happening every second year. |
| caustic |
bitingly critical. |
| commodity |
something that can be bought and sold. |
| conformist |
one who tends to act in accordance or compliance with established standards or norms. |
| contortion |
a straining or twisting by the intellect; mental gymnastics. |
| equivocation |
the act of communicating in ambiguous, shifting, or indecisive terms, often to avoid or deceive. |
| gentry |
people who come from families of high social standing. |
| immobility |
the state or condition of not moving or being motionless. |
| inherent |
existing in or belonging to something as an essential or inborn part of its nature; innate; intrinsic. |
| instigate |
to purposely agitate or incite; provoke; foment. |
| jingoism |
aggressive nationalism and patriotism, especially as directed against foreign countries. |
| kindred |
a group of related people, such as a tribe or clan. |
| nascent |
coming into being or starting to develop. |
| privation |
lack of necessities or common comforts of life. |
| ulterior |
beyond or excluded from what is openly admitted or shown, especially when concealed for the purposes of deception. |