| adverse |
not helpful to one's wishes or interests. |
| alleged |
claimed, usually with some amount of evidence, to be as described, although not proven so. |
| cipher |
a system that substitutes letters and symbols for the letters and symbols contained in a written message in order to conceal its meaning; code. |
| compulsory |
required or necessary. |
| crevice |
a narrow opening, as in vertical rock or a wall; crack; fissure. |
| gallant |
brave and dashing. |
| inaccurate |
not correct, true, or exact. |
| initiate |
to cause to begin; start; originate. |
| interrogate |
to question at length and in a thorough way, often for an official purpose. |
| justify |
to show to be true or right; prove. |
| ordain |
to admit to the clergy as a priest, minister, or rabbi in a formal ceremony. |
| posture |
the general position of or manner of holding the body. |
| respectively |
in the order that two or more people or things have been named. |
| supple |
easily curved or bent; flexible. |
| tier |
one of several rows or layers placed one above another. |