| adjoin |
to be next to; border on. |
| deferential |
respectfully submissive to the desires, opinions, or judgments of others. |
| fanfare |
a flourish of trumpets, used to mark an entrance or beginning. |
| grassroots |
originating with or operating among the common people. |
| infidel |
one who does not believe in or accept a religious faith, especially that of Christianity or Islam. |
| litigious |
inclined to bring lawsuits. |
| pestilence |
an epidemic, usually deadly, disease; plague. |
| precarious |
so unstable or insecure as to be dangerous; risky. |
| rampant |
unrestrained or uncontrollable; unbridled. |
| remonstrance |
the act or an instance of protesting or objecting. |
| stratify |
to assign categories or create divisions within (a society) according to a hierarchy of social or economic classes. |
| subsume |
to classify, consider, or include (an idea, proposition, or the like) in a more comprehensive or general category or principle. |
| subtlety |
the quality or condition of being difficult to detect or define. |
| uncharted |
not recorded on any map; unexplored or unknown, as some geographical area or field of research. |
| vindicate |
to free from an accusation, suspicion, or doubt by indisputable proof. |