| adversary |
a person, group, or thing that is against another; opponent; enemy. |
| bane |
something or someone that causes ruin or great trouble. |
| bivouac |
a temporary encampment, especially military, without protecting shelter. |
| clime |
in literary use, a region of the earth, or the typical weather conditions thereof. |
| contraband |
goods banned by law from being imported or exported. |
| depose |
to deprive of rank or office, especially from an important position such as that of king. |
| languish |
to lose strength or energy; weaken. |
| ossify |
to become inflexible or rigid, as in thought or behavior. |
| reaffirm |
to verify by asserting again. |
| refraction |
the bending of rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like when passed obliquely from one medium to another with a different rate of transmission. |
| rite |
a formal ceremonial procedure prescribed or customary for a specific occasion, as in religious worship. |
| salutary |
having or intended to have a beneficial effect. |
| stratify |
to assign categories or create divisions within (a society) according to a hierarchy of social or economic classes. |
| transcendent |
going beyond the ordinary; surpassing; extraordinary. |
| uncritical |
not making critical judgments or discriminations, especially those based on standards. |