| abridge |
to make shorter. |
| carouse |
to revel in a boisterous and drunken manner. |
| combatant |
someone or something that engages in fighting, especially as part of warfare. |
| complaisance |
willingness to please. |
| diminutive |
very small; tiny. |
| evanescent |
tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing; fleeting. |
| fraught |
accompanied by; full of, usually something bad or unpleasant. |
| hallow |
to respect or honor highly; venerate. |
| iconoclast |
one who attacks and seeks to break down traditional beliefs and institutions or popular ideas and values. |
| juxtaposition |
the state of being placed side by side, especially for the purposes of comparison and contrast. |
| mystical |
spiritually powerful, significant, or symbolic. |
| nonchalant |
not showing excitement or anxiety; coolly confident, unflustered, or unworried;casually indifferent. |
| orator |
a person who delivers a public speech, or one skilled at formal public speaking. |
| prophetic |
foretelling or revealing the future. |
| seclusion |
the act of isolating or hiding away, or the condition of being isolated in this way. |