| deity |
a god or goddess. |
| dissuade |
to urge or convince not to do something. |
| dogmatist |
one who asserts opinions or beliefs as though they were facts. |
| enigma |
something puzzling, contradictory, or mysterious; something for which a solution cannot be found. |
| fusion |
the act of fusing or joining together. |
| gainsay |
to deny or contradict. |
| gauche |
deficient in manners or other conventions of social behavior; boorish; crude. |
| invalidate |
to deprive a claim of force or effect by negating its factual or legal basis. |
| licentious |
not within the bounds of morality or propriety, especially with regard to sexual conduct; immoral; lewd. |
| modulate |
to vary the loudness, pitch, intensity, or tone of; especially soften or tone down. |
| pellucid |
extremely clear in meaning. |
| potentate |
a person of great power, such as a ruler. |
| pretext |
a false reason or claim put forward to mask one's true motive or aim. |
| slacken |
to decrease activity, strength, speed, intensity, or the like. |
| theocracy |
a form of government in which a god or gods are acknowledged as the ultimate authority. |