| aftermath |
the result or consequence of an event. |
| climactic |
pertaining to, reaching, or being the point of highest interest or intensity in a series of increasingly important points or events. |
| culvert |
a man-made channel for drainage or the like that passes under a street or other thoroughfare. |
| decadence |
a decline into immorality; loss of moral values. |
| exemplar |
one worthy to be imitated or studied; model. |
| insufferable |
incapable of being tolerated or endured; unbearable. |
| litigious |
inclined to bring lawsuits. |
| mediate |
to act as an intermediary in (a dispute) or bring about (an agreement). |
| profane |
irreverent or irreligious; blasphemous. |
| 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. |
| rejoinder |
a response to a reply; retort. |
| singular |
extraordinary or exceptional. |
| subsidy |
direct financial assistance provided by the government to a business, industry, educational institution, individual, or the like. |
| tussle |
to fight or struggle roughly or energetically; scuffle. |
| vehement |
intensely emotional; impassioned; heated. |