| adherent |
one who supports or follows a person, party, principle, or the like (usually followed by "of"). |
| alleviate |
to make (trouble or pain) easier to tolerate or accept; ease. |
| allusion |
an indirect reference to or mention of something. |
| beneficiary |
one who receives or is formally designated to receive money or property, as from a will or insurance policy. |
| bereavement |
the condition or fact of being deprived of something or someone, especially by the death of a loved one. |
| clime |
in literary use, a region of the earth, or the typical weather conditions thereof. |
| debit |
an amount of money taken out of or owed on an account, or the record of that amount. |
| derivation |
the source of a thing; origin. |
| emancipate |
to free from slavery or other control. |
| fragility |
the condition of being delicate and easily broken. |
| havoc |
ruin or devastation. |
| imperative |
very important; urgent. |
| obliterate |
to erase or make unrecognizable by erasing. |
| preponderance |
superiority in amount, strength, significance, weight, or the like. |
| repressive |
acting or tending to restrain or subdue. |