| crony |
a close friend or ally (often used pejoratively). |
| culmination |
the highest point; zenith; climax. |
| endemic |
native to or restricted to a given place or population. |
| foreshadow |
to signal or indicate beforehand; presage; prefigure. |
| fractious |
inclined to be irritable and quarrelsome; cranky. |
| heresy |
a religious belief or doctrine not in keeping with the established doctrine of a church, especially the rejection of or dissent from any aspect of Roman Catholic Church dogma by a baptized church member. |
| impending |
about to occur or appear. |
| intuition |
the power to know or understand something without thinking it through in a logical way. |
| laggard |
someone or something that falls behind the pace of others. |
| mimicry |
an act, instance, or the art of imitating or copying the speech, behavior, or expressions of others. |
| primeval |
of or suggestive of the first age or ages. |
| propensity |
a natural or inborn tendency, aptitude, or preference (often followed by an infinitive or "for"). |
| recipient |
one who accepts something that has been sent or given, or one who has been awarded something. |
| 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. |
| regent |
one who governs in place of a disabled or underage ruler. |