| abridgment |
the process or an instance of making shorter or condensing. |
| compassion |
a feeling of sharing another's suffering that leads to a desire to help. |
| consort |
a wife or husband, especially of a royal personage. |
| dalliance |
a wasting away of time; loitering; dawdling. |
| deprave |
to change for the worse, especially morally; corrupt; pervert. |
| disquiet |
lack of mental calm or peace; anxiety; uneasiness. |
| emancipate |
to free from slavery or other control. |
| fervid |
heated or impassioned; intensely enthusiastic. |
| incendiary |
causing or having the potential to cause a fire. |
| inimical |
having or tending to have a bad effect; harmful or adverse. |
| insidious |
dangerous through cunning, subtlety, and underhandedness. |
| lionize |
to view or treat (someone) as a celebrity or extraordinary person. |
| pacifist |
one who opposes war and refuses to practice or acknowledge violence as a way of settling disputes or resisting aggression. |
| prude |
someone who is extremely or overly concerned with modesty or proper conduct, speech, dress, or the like. |
| subtlety |
the quality or condition of being difficult to detect or define. |