| autocracy |
rule by one person with absolute power; despotism. |
| bereaved |
in a state of grief over the death of a friend or relative. |
| commune2 |
a group of people living together as a community, working collectively on land owned in common or by a government. |
| complaisance |
willingness to please. |
| depravity |
moral corruption; wickedness. |
| emanate |
to come or send forth; issue or emit. |
| exude |
to emit or give off from, or as if from, the pores of the skin. |
| incongruity |
the condition of being inappropriate or inconsistent. |
| infatuate |
to cause a foolish and irrational passion or attachment in (someone). |
| momentous |
very important. |
| overt |
openly apparent; not concealed. (Cf. covert.) |
| putrid |
of, concerning, or exhibiting rot or decomposition. |
| resurgent |
surging or rising once again; coming back. |
| unctuous |
excessively or falsely earnest or amiable. |
| unpalatable |
not acceptable or pleasing to the sense of taste. |