| ameliorate |
to make better; improve. |
| awry |
in an unplanned and undesired direction. |
| confidant |
one to whom a secret or secrets are entrusted. |
| earthy |
realistic, practical, and unpretentious. |
| filial |
of, concerning, or befitting a daughter or son. |
| flamboyant |
exceptionally showy or dashing in one's speech, manner, or appearance. |
| grandiloquent |
speaking or expressed in a pretentious, pompous, or excessively ornate fashion. |
| harmonious |
characterized by agreement or accord. |
| hegemony |
predominance of one country or social group over others by virtue of leadership or influence. |
| inducement |
something used to persuade someone to a course of action; incentive. |
| inescapable |
unable to be avoided or ignored. |
| intimacy |
the condition of being close in friendship or otherwise intimate. |
| potentate |
a person of great power, such as a ruler. |
| roil |
to disturb or anger; agitate. |
| trepidation |
a condition of anxiety or dread; alarm. |