| abrade |
to rub away by friction; erode. |
| bilious |
ill-tempered; irritable. |
| climactic |
pertaining to, reaching, or being the point of highest interest or intensity in a series of increasingly important points or events. |
| compile |
to gather information together to form one written work. |
| eddy |
to move or turn in circles or eddies. |
| evenhanded |
fair and impartial in the treatment of others; equitable. |
| expeditious |
prompt and efficient. |
| facilitate |
to make less difficult; help in the doing of. |
| farce |
anything improbable, absurd, or empty of meaning; mockery; sham. |
| franchise |
a right or privilege conferred by a government, especially the right to vote or the rights and powers of incorporation. |
| habituate |
to make accustomed to. |
| incise |
to cut into the surface of. |
| inoffensive |
having no insulting or harmful qualities; innocuous. |
| regent |
one who governs in place of a disabled or underage ruler. |
| retrograde |
moving or tending to move in a backward direction; retreating. |