| abhorrence |
a feeling of complete loathing, repulsion, or horror. |
| abject |
of the lowest or most wretched kind. |
| condescension |
patronizing, arrogant behavior or attitude. |
| disaffect |
to cause to lose affection for, loyalty to, or contentment in an idea, a person, or an organization such as a government; alienate. |
| divest |
to take rights or property away from; dispossess, especially by legal means. |
| elaboration |
the act or an instance of adding explanatory material or detail, or the material or detail so added. |
| emancipate |
to free from slavery or other control. |
| fissure |
a narrow crevice or other opening, especially one caused by splitting. |
| imperative |
very important; urgent. |
| precipice |
a steep cliff. |
| serenity |
the condition or quality of being untroubled, peaceful, or tranquil. |
| subvert |
to overthrow or destroy, or cause the destruction of (an established authority, especially a national government). |
| surrogate |
acting as, or considered to be, a substitute or replacement. |
| symposium |
a conference or meeting on a single topic, usually involving several speakers. |
| unfrock |
to deprive of priestly status. |