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| to acknowledge as true or real; often unwillingly |
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| to go back; return to previous condition |
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| not having occurred before |
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| similar in certain qualities, circumstances, or uses |
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| direct contrast; opposition |
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| to serve as the distinction between |
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| equivalent in significance, effect, or value |
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| Independence; the quality or condition of being self-governing |
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| referring to a government that excercises control over all aspects of life |
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| to seize and retain the rights, power, property, or position of another without legal authority |
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lack of feeling or emotion; impassiveness |
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| Understanding, concerned identification with another's situation or feelings |
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| expressing or arousing pity, sympathy, or tenderness; sad |
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arousing great interest or excitement |
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| to free from a charge; declare blameless |
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| not permitted by custom or law; illegal |
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| good-humored, playful conversation |
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| a representation, usually pictorial, which exaggerates or distorts the subject's features to produce a comic or ridiculous effect |
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laughable because of an obvious absurdity or ridiculousness |
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| unfavorable to one's interest or welfare |
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| having a strong feeling of dislike or reluctance |
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| in a manner marked by metaphorical language or figures of speech |
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| to ill-treat persistently and grievously |
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| strict economy, especially that imposed by force |
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| lacking money or resources to provide adequately the necessities of life; needy; impoverished |
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| a moderate and brief decline in economic activity |
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| to pay compensation for goods, services, or losses |
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| having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling difficult situations |
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| very sophisticated; worldly |
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| a trite or overused expression or idea |
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| an appointment or engagement to meet at a fixed place or time |
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| characterized by procrastination |
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| drowsy or sluggish indifference; apathy |
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| to make something seem greater; exaggerate |
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| the state of having or displaying great wealth and luxury |
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| recklessly wasteful or extravagant |
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| a natural attraction; liking |
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| marked by or showing warmth of emotion or desire |
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| to destroy the affection or friendliness of; to make hostile or unsympathetic; alienate |
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| a feeling of strong dislike or distaste |
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| something or someone that precedes or goes before |
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| to follow as a consequence or result |
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| lasting for a very brief time; fleeting; transitory |
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| lasting an indefinately long time; everlasting |
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| to surrender under specified conditions; give up all resistance |
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| to agree to do something one regards as below one's rank or dignity |
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| a follower who behaves in the manner of a servant; toady; flunky |
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| one who seeks favor or advancement through flattering important people; a bootlicker |
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| to decrease the density of; rarefy |
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| a fine film of cobwebs ween floating in air or caught on objects |
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| capable of being felt or touched |
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