| advocate |
to speak or act in favor of. |
| incongruity |
the condition of being inappropriate or inconsistent. |
| incorporeal |
without material being; bodiless; insubstantial. |
| jurisdiction |
the right or authority to interpret and administer the law. |
| labyrinthine |
complex and intricate to the point of being puzzling. |
| lineage1 |
descent from or the descendants of a common or particular ancestor or ancestry. |
| manifest |
to show plainly; display; demonstrate. |
| optic |
of or concerning the eye or the sense of sight. |
| overture |
an opening move to begin something. |
| pernicious |
having a very harmful or fatal effect; injurious, deadly, or destructive. |
| personify |
to be a perfect or typical example of; embody. |
| reprove |
to criticize, usually mildly, for wrongdoing. |
| rile |
to make angry; irritate or annoy. |
| spar2 |
to make boxing movements without hitting hard, as for practice or in fun. |
| stodgy |
lacking the ability or inclination to act informally or to find humor or enjoyment in things that others might; stuffy; prim. |