| abasement |
the act of bringing down or the state of being brought down in rank, status, or reputation. |
| carnage |
the mass killing of people; slaughter. |
| cessation |
a pausing or stopping; discontinuance. |
| inaccessible |
hard or impossible to reach, approach, or attain. |
| instrumental |
serving as an agent or partial cause. |
| mores |
the behaviors and manners accepted and expected in a social group, embodying its fundamental moral standards. |
| overture |
an opening move to begin something. |
| potentate |
a person of great power, such as a ruler. |
| pristine |
pure, fresh, or clean as new; unspoiled or unsullied. |
| recurrence |
an act or instance of happening or appearing again or repeatedly. |
| retinue |
a group of attendants or other employees who accompany a prominent person. |
| ruse |
a trick, pretense, or diversion intended to deceive or mislead. |
| sunder |
to tear, force, or break apart; divide. |
| viscid |
of a gluelike consistency. |
| viscous |
having an adhesive, gluey consistency that resists flow. |