| amiable |
having or showing a friendly manner. |
| annexation |
the act of taking and adding (territory) to one's own territory. |
| bolster |
to give support with a cushion or pillow. |
| castigation |
the act of rebuking, severely criticizing, or punishing, especially in a public forum. |
| concealment |
the act of hiding something from sight, or the condition of being hidden from sight. |
| dissolution |
the annulment or severance of a bond or tie, especially a formal or contractual connection. |
| expurgate |
to remove from a book or the like material considered to be offensive or erroneous prior to publication. |
| iconoclast |
one who attacks and seeks to break down traditional beliefs and institutions or popular ideas and values. |
| incendiary |
causing or having the potential to cause a fire. |
| incognito |
in disguise; under a false identity. |
| incongruous |
not suitable or fitting; out of place. |
| regress |
to go back or backwards, as in reverting to an earlier form or stage of development. |
| undermine |
to gradually, secretly, or imperceptibly weaken and destroy. |
| vicarious |
experienced through imagined participation in someone else's actions, sufferings, or the like. |
| wasteland |
land where there are no living things or where nothing will grow. |