| amplitude |
the state or quality of being ample; largeness. |
| backlash |
a strong reaction against some prior development, especially political or social change. |
| capricious |
tending to act on impulse; subject to whim; erratic and unpredictable. |
| consort |
a wife or husband, especially of a royal personage. |
| curtail |
to make shorter; cut off part of. |
| defer1 |
to not do until later; put off; delay. |
| deride |
to ridicule or treat with scornful mockery. |
| ingrain |
to impress (habits, ideas, values, or the like) deeply and firmly in one's nature or mind. |
| instigate |
to purposely agitate or incite; provoke; foment. |
| legacy |
money, property, or other goods left to someone in a will. |
| luxuriant |
growing thickly and in great numbers; lush. |
| mettlesome |
spirited or courageous. |
| profane |
irreverent or irreligious; blasphemous. |
| rhetoric |
the art, ability, or study of using language effectively in speech or writing, especially to influence or persuade one's audience. |
| synopsis |
a short statement giving an overview, the main principles, or the sequence of events of a narrative, argument, article, or the like; summary; abstract. |