| backwater |
any place that is seen as primitive, unchanging, or stagnant. |
| condole |
to express sympathy or sorrow for one suffering misfortune or pain. |
| confection |
a sweetened candy or fruit. |
| constituent |
forming a part of something. |
| counterpoint |
a method of composing or arranging music in which diverse but harmonious melodies are played at the same time. |
| disproportionate |
having too much of one thing in relation to something else; unbalanced. |
| grandiloquence |
speech that is pretentious, pompous, or excessively mannered. |
| lucid |
easy to understand; articulate; clear. |
| rectify |
to put right or correct (a bad situation, injustice, or the like); remedy. |
| referendum |
the submission of a legislative measure to a vote by the general public, or the vote thus taken. |
| traverse |
to go over, along, or through; cover or cross. |
| tryst |
a meeting held at a specified time and place, especially a secret meeting of lovers; rendezvous. |
| uncritical |
not making critical judgments or discriminations, especially those based on standards. |
| untainted |
not contaminated or polluted. |
| veer |
to change direction; turn quickly. |