| appease |
to cause to become calmer by meeting demands. |
| aver |
to assert to be true; affirm. |
| compile |
to gather information together to form one written work. |
| encampment |
a place where a rough, temporary living area has been set up. |
| equivocate |
to express oneself ambiguously, often to avoid giving a direct answer or to deceive. |
| hypocrite |
a person who pretends to be different or better than he or she really is. Someone who does not act according to his or her stated beliefs is a hypocrite. |
| impassable |
impossible to go past, through, over, or around. |
| lummox |
(informal) someone who is especially clumsy, slow, and unintelligent. |
| motley |
made up of a contrasting variety of types, appearances, or the like; very heterogeneous. |
| pessimist |
one who usually expects a bad outcome. |
| preponderance |
superiority in amount, strength, significance, weight, or the like. |
| rostrum |
a raised platform or dais for public speaking. |
| sedentary |
involving or characterized by sitting or little physical activity. |
| stricture |
that which restricts or constrains. |
| suffice |
to meet the needs, goals, or the like of; be adequate for. |