| beneficent |
tending to do good; kindly; charitable. |
| clout |
(informal) influence or power to persuade. |
| ensue |
to occur as the result of an earlier event. |
| ephemeral |
lasting for only a short period. |
| impeach |
to accuse a person in public office of wrong or improper conduct. |
| imperfection |
a flaw or fault. |
| literal |
in accordance with the ordinary, exact, or primary meaning of a word or words; not figurative or metaphorical. |
| nonchalant |
not showing excitement or anxiety; coolly confident, unflustered, or unworried;casually indifferent. |
| potentate |
a person of great power, such as a ruler. |
| rostrum |
a raised platform or dais for public speaking. |
| solicit |
to try to obtain (business, recruits, donations, help, or the like) by persuasion, formal request, or pleading. |
| splice |
to join (two pieces of film, tape, or similar things) at the ends. |
| superficial |
of, pertaining to, or located on the surface. |
| surrogate |
acting as, or considered to be, a substitute or replacement. |
| trajectory |
the actual or expected path of a moving object, especially the curve followed by a projectile, missile, or spacecraft in flight. |