| consolidate |
to join together into a whole; combine. |
| decadent |
tending to indulge in sensual pleasures; hedonistic. |
| defeatist |
characterized by an acceptance or expectation of failure. |
| egregious |
remarkably bad; flagrant; glaring. |
| explicate |
to make clear or explain completely. |
| impassable |
impossible to go past, through, over, or around. |
| intolerant |
not able or not willing to accept different opinions, beliefs, customs, or people; not tolerant. |
| optic |
of or concerning the eye or the sense of sight. |
| orator |
a person who delivers a public speech, or one skilled at formal public speaking. |
| placid |
calm, smooth, or peaceful. |
| portend |
to serve as a sign or warning of; bode. |
| provisional |
adopted on a temporary or tentative basis until something permanent is established; conditional. |
| regimen |
a regulated routine of therapy or exercise designed to promote health or fitness. |
| skeptical |
having or showing doubt; questioning. |
| subversive |
tending or intended to undermine or cause the overthrow of an established authority, especially a national government. |