| backlash |
a strong reaction against some prior development, especially political or social change. |
| digestible |
capable of being broken down and absorbed as food. |
| empirical |
based on or verifiable by experience or experiment, rather than on or by theory. |
| imponderable |
unable to be evaluated or calculated accurately. |
| lassitude |
lack of mental or physical energy; weariness or listlessness; lethargy. |
| magnate |
someone of exceptional power, wealth, or influence, especially in business. |
| nullify |
to cause to have no value or consequence. |
| obliterate |
to erase or make unrecognizable by erasing. |
| plurality |
the largest proportion of votes in an election, especially when it is less than half the total, or the margin of votes separating the victor from the person who came second. |
| promontory |
a high cliff that sticks out into a large body of water or that rises above an area of lower land. |
| promulgate |
to explain or give instruction in (a doctrine) in public; advocate. |
| propaganda |
information or opinions that are made public to promote or attack a movement, cause, or person. |
| provocation |
the act of inciting or challenging another to react. |
| simpleminded |
not complex or sophisticated. |
| tractable |
easy to manage or guide; docile. |