| acclaim |
to show enthusiastic approval of. |
| advocate |
to speak or act in favor of. |
| contention |
a point asserted in argument or debate. |
| dispensary |
a room in an institution, such as a hospital, in which medical supplies are kept and given out. |
| fodder |
feed for farm animals, such as stalks of corn cut and mixed with hay. |
| interlude |
a pause, space, or event that intervenes; interval. |
| intuition |
the power to know or understand something without thinking it through in a logical way. |
| inveterate |
persisting in a habit, action, feeling, or the like. |
| larceny |
the stealing of another's personal property; theft. |
| provincial |
limited in outlook; narrow-minded. |
| refraction |
the bending of rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like when passed obliquely from one medium to another with a different rate of transmission. |
| repercussion |
(usually plural) a result or effect of an action or event, often occurring indirectly or unexpectedly. |
| slur |
to speak of disparagingly; belittle. |
| undulate |
to move in waves or a wavelike motion. |
| zealot |
a person who is excessively and often intolerantly enthusiastic, especially about a cause or religious faith; fanatic. |