| arbiter |
someone who has the authority to decide an issue or settle a dispute. |
| burlesque |
a book, play, skit, or the like that mocks something by comically treating it with inappropriate seriousness or levity. |
| carnal |
of or pertaining to the flesh or body, especially sexual appetites and activities. |
| cynicism |
an attitude of doubt or mistrust toward human nature and the possibility of good or selfless motives. |
| discernible |
able to be perceived or distinguished. |
| disinclination |
a feeling of distaste; unwillingness or reluctance. |
| dissipate |
to cause to disappear by, or as though by, dispersing or dissolving. |
| focal |
of or relating to focus. |
| irksome |
causing annoyance; bothersome or tiresome. |
| moot |
not clearly settled; arguable; debatable. |
| oracular |
of, like, pertaining to, of having the nature of divine wisdom; prophetic; wise. |
| subside |
to become less; decrease. |
| suppress |
to stop the activities or progress of, especially by force. |
| temperance |
habitual moderation in the use of alcoholic drink, or complete abstinence. |
| temporize |
to be indecisive or delay acting, as in order to gain time or avoid conflict. |