| arable |
capable of being farmed. |
| deride |
to ridicule or treat with scornful mockery. |
| distill |
to subject (a substance) to heat to the point of vaporization, and then to cooling to produce condensation. |
| exhaustive |
thorough and all-encompassing. |
| extant |
still in existence; current; not extinct, destroyed, or lost. |
| ignoble |
of low or dishonorable character; contemptible. |
| impecunious |
lacking funds; penniless. |
| implacable |
not to be pacified or diverted; unappeasable or inexorable. |
| infringe |
to cross established limits; encroach; trespass (usually followed by "on" or "upon"). |
| populist |
a person, especially a political leader, who represents, or claims to represent, the interests and concerns of the common people rather than the privileged, the politically powerful, or the intelligentsia. |
| premonition |
an advance sign or warning; forewarning. |
| provocation |
the act of inciting or challenging another to react. |
| refute |
to demonstrate the falseness or error of; disprove. |
| slur |
to speak of disparagingly; belittle. |
| turpitude |
moral baseness; depravity. |