| abet |
to incite, encourage, or aid, especially in wrongdoing. |
| deleterious |
harmful or injurious, as to health. |
| disseminate |
to spread widely, as though scattering seed. |
| entrench |
to establish firmly and unchangeably. |
| exemplar |
one worthy to be imitated or studied; model. |
| expatriate |
one who has gone into exile from or renounced allegiance to his or her native land. |
| gender |
the sex of a person or animal. |
| imbibe |
to take up or consume by drinking. |
| importune |
to pester with insistent demands or requests. |
| invoke |
to call out to (a god, muse, or the like) for help, support, protection, or inspiration. |
| lackluster |
without brilliance or vitality; dull. |
| mortify |
to subject (someone) to extreme embarrassment, shame, or humiliation. |
| peccadillo |
a minor sin or offense, or a slight fault. |
| remonstrance |
the act or an instance of protesting or objecting. |
| traverse |
to go over, along, or through; cover or cross. |