| affinity |
a strong sense of liking; a natural attraction or sympathy. |
| clime |
in literary use, a region of the earth, or the typical weather conditions thereof. |
| cohere |
to lump, hold, or stick together. |
| consequential |
coming after as an outcome or result. |
| covetous |
desiring that which belongs to another; wanting possessions; greedy. |
| crossfire |
a volley of projectiles, especially gunfire, directed at some central point from two separated positions. |
| gesticulation |
the act or an instance of using hand movements, as to add emphasis or expressiveness to speech. |
| heretic |
a person who maintains unorthodox religious opinions or beliefs, especially a baptized Roman Catholic who dissents from official church doctrine. |
| increment |
a rise or addition in number or value, often small. |
| insubordinate |
unwilling to respect or submit to authority; disobedient. |
| satiate |
to glut or fill to excess; oversupply; surfeit. |
| sedition |
actions or speech intended or serving to create rebellion against a government. |
| stratify |
to assign categories or create divisions within (a society) according to a hierarchy of social or economic classes. |
| tome |
a large thick book, often one of a multivolume scholarly work. |
| uninitiated |
combined form of initiated. |