| annals |
a chronological record of events, usually year by year. |
| caustic |
bitingly critical. |
| climatic |
of or pertaining to the weather conditions most prevailing in a place. |
| conclusive |
serving to reach a final answer or decision, or to settle. |
| consonance |
agreement, correspondence, or harmony. |
| decorum |
properness of behavior, manner, appearance, or the like; dignity; propriety. |
| demagogue |
a leader, especially a speaker or politician, who attempts to persuade and to gain a following by appealing to the emotions and prejudices of the public, rather than by rational argument. |
| discrepancy |
lack of agreement; difference; inconsistency. |
| distend |
to swell or cause to swell from, or as if from, internal pressure; balloon. |
| extradition |
the legal transfer of a fugitive from one state or jurisdiction to another where he or she is to be tried or imprisoned. |
| filial |
of, concerning, or befitting a daughter or son. |
| loner |
one who stays by himself or herself much of the time, especially by choice or inclination. |
| mainstay |
the main support of something. |
| posit |
to propose or suggest as an account of something or as a contribution to an understanding of something. |
| submissive |
inclined or obliged to submit; unresisting; obedient; docile. |