| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| austerity |
a tightened or stringent economy, as when there are high taxes, frozen wages, and shortages of consumer goods. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| occlude |
to close or obstruct (a passage or opening, one's vision, or the like). |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |