| amalgamation |
the act, process, or result of combining two or more, often disparate, things. |
| ameliorate |
to make better; improve. |
| asinine |
silly or willfully stupid. |
| assimilate |
to adapt and conform. |
| conscript |
a military recruit summoned by draft; draftee. |
| egress |
an act, instance, method, or place of exit or emergence. |
| felicitous |
well-suited or apt; very appropriate. |
| literal |
in accordance with the ordinary, exact, or primary meaning of a word or words; not figurative or metaphorical. |
| maxim |
a brief, concise statement of a general or basic truth or rule, especially for proper conduct. |
| opalescent |
exhibiting a spectrum of colors or changing colors; iridescent. |
| refract |
to bend (rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like) in passing (them) obliquely from one medium into another which transmits them at a different speed. |
| resplendent |
full of splendor; radiant; shining. |
| tenet |
any belief, opinion, doctrine, or the like, that a person or especially an organization holds as being true. |
| vestige |
a visible trace or sign of something no longer present or existing. |
| wheedle |
to try to persuade or influence by coaxing or flattery; cajole. |