| caucus |
a private meeting of leaders of a political party to choose candidates or determine policy, or such a group itself. |
| decimation |
the act of destroying a large part or number of something. |
| deprave |
to change for the worse, especially morally; corrupt; pervert. |
| dishevel |
to make (hair or clothing) untidy. |
| entrench |
to establish firmly and unchangeably. |
| exhume |
to dig out, especially from a grave; disinter. |
| facile |
acting or working in an easy, effortless manner. |
| infidelity |
unfaithfulness, especially to marital vows; adultery. |
| inviolate |
not broken, disturbed, or profaned; pure or intact. |
| portly |
rather fat; stout. |
| recast |
to rewrite, reconstruct, or conceive again in a different form. |
| replenish |
to make complete or full again; refill. |
| shroud |
to screen or conceal. |
| succulent |
full of juice or sap; juicy. |
| vindictive |
desirous of revenge; vengeful. |