| apostate |
a person who abandons his or her religious faith, principles, cause, or the like. |
| complement |
to go well with, complete, or perfect. |
| curtail |
to make shorter; cut off part of. |
| differentiate |
to distinguish between or among. |
| fallacious |
based on unsound logic; in error; illogical. |
| guile |
deceitfulness, treachery, or skillful cunning; wiliness. |
| invoke |
to call out to (a god, muse, or the like) for help, support, protection, or inspiration. |
| largess |
liberality in giving, especially money, and often with an implication of the giver's superiority. |
| petulant |
showing or inclined to show sudden or unreasonable irritation, impatience, or ill temper; peevish or sulky. |
| prepossess |
to inspire or impress favorably beforehand. |
| socialite |
one who is prominent in fashionable social circles. |
| staunch2 |
unwaveringly firm or loyal. |
| theorem |
a proposition or idea that can be proven by other formulas or propositions in mathematics, or deduced from accepted premises or assumptions in logic. |
| totality |
the state or quality of being total. |
| wanton |
lacking restraint in the pursuit of sexual pleasure. |