| ameliorate |
to make better; improve. |
| backfire |
to have results that are the opposite of what one wanted. |
| categorical |
with no exceptions or conditions; absolute. |
| chagrin |
embarrassment or humiliation arising from disappointment or failure. |
| complaisant |
eager or willing to please; amenable; obliging. |
| emaciated |
extremely thin, as from starvation or disease. |
| euphemism |
the word or expression so substituted. |
| expulsion |
an act or instance of forcing out, or the state of being forced out. |
| fatalism |
a belief or doctrine that the events of life are predetermined and cannot be altered by human free will. |
| interdependent |
relying on or needing one another. |
| momentous |
very important. |
| parochial |
narrow or limited in scope or viewpoint; provincial. |
| regenerate |
to grow (new tissue or parts) to replace lost or injured tissue or parts. |
| ruffian |
one who is tough and violent; bully; thug. |
| titular |
having a title but none of the power or responsibility related to it; nominal. |