| creditor |
someone to whom money is owed. |
| expurgate |
to remove from a book or the like material considered to be offensive or erroneous prior to publication. |
| iterate |
to say or do again or repeatedly. |
| junta |
a small group, often of military officers, acting as the rulers of a nation, especially provisionally after the overthrow of a previous government. |
| linear |
having to do with a line; straight. |
| misdemeanor |
in law, a class of illegal act that is less serious than a felony and carries a lighter sentence; minor offense. |
| obscene |
offensive and not decent. |
| patronize |
to act in an offensively superior manner toward. |
| propound |
to propose or set forth for consideration. |
| ravenous |
very hungry; starved. |
| scapegoat |
one made to bear the blame for the wrongs of others. |
| squalid |
dirty or foul, as from neglect. |
| stanza |
a group of related lines in a poem that make up one section within the poem. Stanzas often have a regular meter and rhyme pattern. |
| tussle |
to fight or struggle roughly or energetically; scuffle. |
| vapid |
lacking spirit, life, or flavor; dull; uninteresting. |