| absolve |
to free from consequences, blame, or guilt. |
| acrimony |
bitterness or sharpness in speech or behavior. |
| axiom |
an obvious or generally accepted principle. |
| cater |
to supply food or other service. |
| caustic |
bitingly critical. |
| dispel |
to scatter or drive away in all directions. |
| invincible |
too strong to be defeated. |
| metabolism |
the processes in plants and animals by which food is changed into energy or used to make cells and tissues. |
| mettlesome |
spirited or courageous. |
| nuance |
a subtle quality or difference in tone, meaning, color, or the like; shade. |
| pillage |
to openly and forcefully seize goods from, as during a war; plunder. |
| progenitor |
an ancestor or forebear. |
| protégé |
a person under the care or sponsorship of an influential patron. |
| simpleminded |
not complex or sophisticated. |
| totality |
the state or quality of being total. |