| allay |
to quiet or lay to rest (fears, doubts, and the like). |
| canvass |
to conduct a survey of; poll. |
| clinch |
to make certain or final; settle. |
| commune2 |
a group of people living together as a community, working collectively on land owned in common or by a government. |
| creditor |
someone to whom money is owed. |
| digression |
the act or result of straying from the main topic. |
| enmity |
the mutual feeling of enemies toward each other; hatred; hostility; antagonism. |
| fanaticism |
excessive or unreasonable enthusiasm or support for something. |
| grandiloquent |
speaking or expressed in a pretentious, pompous, or excessively ornate fashion. |
| inaccessible |
hard or impossible to reach, approach, or attain. |
| piety |
worshipful devotion to and veneration of God or family. |
| progenitor |
an ancestor or forebear. |
| resuscitate |
to bring back to life or consciousness; revive. |
| stoic |
showing little or no reaction to painful or pleasant experiences; unmoved; impassive. |
| venturesome |
tending to take risks; brave. |