| adjoin |
to be next to; border on. |
| advantageous |
giving a benefit or advantage; helpful; useful. |
| censure |
to criticize or condemn. |
| conflagration |
a large, damaging fire. |
| connive |
to join secretly in a plot; conspire. |
| discernible |
able to be perceived or distinguished. |
| extrapolate |
to make an estimate or inference of (future probability or the like) on the basis of what is already known or has already occurred. |
| habituate |
to make accustomed to. |
| overbearing |
arrogantly dominating; dictatorial. |
| proletariat |
the working class, especially those who lack capital and must sell their usually unskilled labor in order to survive. |
| promontory |
a high cliff that sticks out into a large body of water or that rises above an area of lower land. |
| scathing |
harshly condemning; brutal. |
| shroud |
to screen or conceal. |
| sustenance |
nourishment that maintains life; food. |
| vindicate |
to free from an accusation, suspicion, or doubt by indisputable proof. |