| alacrity |
willing promptness. |
| allude |
to mention (usually followed by "to"). |
| arbitration |
the consideration and decision of an issue or dispute by someone who has the official authority to decide such matters. |
| dovetail |
to fit together precisely or harmoniously. |
| gender |
the sex of a person or animal. |
| incense2 |
to make very angry. |
| juxtapose |
to bring together for the purpose of side-by-side comparison or contrast. |
| marauder |
one who raids or invades in order to plunder. |
| patronage |
the financial or other support given to a business establishment by its customers or clients. |
| posit |
to propose or suggest as an account of something or as a contribution to an understanding of something. |
| presumption |
a belief that is taken for granted but not proved. |
| proletarian |
of, pertaining or belong to, or characteristic of the working class, especially laborers who lack capital. |
| ravish |
to overwhelm with emotion or sensation; enrapture. |
| rebuff |
to reject, repel, block, or set back. |
| theocracy |
a form of government in which a god or gods are acknowledged as the ultimate authority. |