| affiliate |
to join as a member or smaller branch of (usually followed by "with"). |
| ebullient |
highly enthusiastic, happily excited, or spirited. |
| encroachment |
the act of exceeding proper or intended limits, as of territory or property. |
| engross |
to take all the attention of; interest fully. |
| expendable |
considered able to be replaced, given up, or sacrificed. |
| fanfare |
a flourish of trumpets, used to mark an entrance or beginning. |
| grassroots |
originating with or operating among the common people. |
| infelicity |
the quality or condition of being inappropriate, or unfortunate in the given circumstances. |
| liquidate |
to pay off or settle (a debt or the like). |
| mercenary |
interested only in money and material gain. |
| misapprehension |
a failure to understand. |
| nullify |
to cause to have no value or consequence. |
| stanza |
a group of related lines in a poem that make up one section within the poem. Stanzas often have a regular meter and rhyme pattern. |
| vagrant |
one who lacks a permanent home and wanders from place to place; nomad; tramp. |
| vociferous |
crying out, especially in protest; vocal; clamorous. |