| abhorrence |
a feeling of complete loathing, repulsion, or horror. |
| acclaim |
to show enthusiastic approval of. |
| auspice |
(usually plural) sponsorship or protection; patronage. |
| carnage |
the mass killing of people; slaughter. |
| caucus |
a private meeting of leaders of a political party to choose candidates or determine policy, or such a group itself. |
| concourse |
a large open space, as in a railway station, where many people pass or gather. |
| conservatism |
a general preference for the traditional; disinclination to change. |
| discourse |
verbal communication; conversation. |
| entail |
to call for or bring about as a necessary accompaniment; necessarily involve. |
| importune |
to pester with insistent demands or requests. |
| prologue |
an introduction to a spoken or written work such as a speech or play; preface. |
| secular |
of or concerning the world and material concerns as opposed to religious or spiritual concerns; temporal. |
| trenchant |
incisive or penetrating, as perception or wit. |
| undulate |
to move in waves or a wavelike motion. |
| vindicate |
to free from an accusation, suspicion, or doubt by indisputable proof. |