| equity |
the quality of being fair and reasonable; fairness. |
| equivocate |
to express oneself ambiguously, often to avoid giving a direct answer or to deceive. |
| ignoble |
of low or dishonorable character; contemptible. |
| ingratiate |
to seek or secure another's favor or approval for (oneself). |
| luxuriant |
growing thickly and in great numbers; lush. |
| placid |
calm, smooth, or peaceful. |
| populace |
the people who live in a particular place. |
| portal |
a doorway or entrance, especially a large and imposing one. |
| progenitor |
an ancestor or forebear. |
| prude |
someone who is extremely or overly concerned with modesty or proper conduct, speech, dress, or the like. |
| 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. |
| ribald |
characterized by or using rude, coarse, or vulgar language or humor. |
| sequel |
what follows afterwards, such as the next event in a series, especially as it arises from previous events. |
| sordid |
morally bad; ignoble or base. |
| 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. |