| annexation |
the act of taking and adding (territory) to one's own territory. |
| archetype |
an original model or pattern from which others are made or copied. |
| candor |
the quality of openness, honesty, and straightforwardness in expression. |
| constrain |
to keep within tight restrictions; confine. |
| impassable |
impossible to go past, through, over, or around. |
| inexcusable |
unable to be justified; unpardonable. |
| pastoral |
of or relating to the country or country life; rural. |
| precarious |
so unstable or insecure as to be dangerous; risky. |
| pseudonym |
a false name adopted by someone, especially an author, to conceal his or her identity; pen name. |
| resuscitate |
to bring back to life or consciousness; revive. |
| risqué |
very close to indecency or indelicacy; sexually suggestive; racy. |
| shard |
a piece of a broken object, especially a fragment of pottery or glass. |
| tenacity |
the quality or condition of holding on strongly or persistently to something. |
| tensile |
of or relating to tension. |
| uncontrolled |
acting or continuing, or allowed to act or continue, without constraint, regulation, or opposition. |