| acclimate |
to become used to new weather conditions or surroundings. |
| acrimony |
bitterness or sharpness in speech or behavior. |
| capricious |
tending to act on impulse; subject to whim; erratic and unpredictable. |
| embalm |
to treat (a corpse) with preservatives before burial. |
| emboss |
to decorate the surface of with a raised design. |
| fusion |
the act of fusing or joining together. |
| interrelate |
to place in or come into a shared, mutual, or reciprocal relationship. |
| intone |
to recite in musical or lengthened tones, especially in a monotone; chant. |
| parley |
a discussion, especially between opponents or enemies, as to establish terms of truce. |
| populist |
a person, especially a political leader, who represents, or claims to represent, the interests and concerns of the common people rather than the privileged, the politically powerful, or the intelligentsia. |
| rectitude |
moral or ethical propriety; uprightness. |
| specious |
apparently true, genuine, or plausible, but actually worthless, as an argument or evidence. |
| submissive |
inclined or obliged to submit; unresisting; obedient; docile. |
| unintelligible |
not able to be understood, as spoken or written language. |
| whimsical |
characterized by or resulting from a sudden desire or fancy. |