| clout |
(informal) influence or power to persuade. |
| combatant |
someone or something that engages in fighting, especially as part of warfare. |
| creditor |
someone to whom money is owed. |
| discontinuance |
the act of stopping or condition of being stopped; interruption. |
| epitaph |
on a gravestone or tomb, an inscription commemorating the dead person. |
| estimable |
worthy of respect or admiration. |
| fervor |
strength, heatedness, or intensity of feeling; impassioned enthusiasm. |
| indiscriminate |
lacking in judgment and discernment; making no distinctions. |
| interpose |
to insert (a comment, question, criticism, or the like) in the course of a conversation or speech. |
| juxtapose |
to bring together for the purpose of side-by-side comparison or contrast. |
| paean |
a song or hymn sung as an expression of praise. |
| persevere |
to continue steadfastly in a task or course of action or hold steadfastly to a belief or commitment, especially when met with opposition or difficulties; persist. |
| slake |
to satisfy or relieve (thirst, appetite, lust, or the like) by decreasing the strength or intensity of. |
| stint |
to refrain from spending; to be sparing or frugal. |
| uninitiated |
combined form of initiated. |