bigot |
one who is prejudiced against and intolerant of any group or belief that is not his or her own, especially religious, racial, or ethnic. |
expulsion |
an act or instance of forcing out, or the state of being forced out. |
folio |
a large sheet of paper that has been folded once to form two leaves or four pages of a book or manuscript. |
galvanize |
to stimulate into awareness or activity. |
imitative |
of, involving, or characterized by reproduction or copying; not original. |
libel |
in law, written or printed matter that is false, damages a person's reputation or material well-being, and arises from malice or extreme negligence. |
maturation |
the act or process of becoming fully grown or developed, in structure, behavior, or the like. |
memoir |
an account of facts or events based primarily on the author's personal experience. |
parsimony |
excessive unwillingness to spend money or use resources; stinginess. |
prescience |
knowledge of future occurrences; foreknowledge. |
presentiment |
an intuition or sense of something about to happen; foreboding. |
protocol |
the proper or agreed upon way of conducting oneself or of doing something. |
ruffian |
one who is tough and violent; bully; thug. |
succumb |
to give in or give way to a fatal illness, superior force, overwhelming desire, or the like; yield. |
uncharacteristic |
not typical of a particular person, group, or thing, and therefore notable. |