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| nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation |
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| a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative |
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| the state or quality of being nonchalant; cool indifference or lack of concern |
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| to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties |
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| to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed |
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| pretending or feigning; make-believe |
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| being in excess; exceeding what is usual or natural |
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| an act or instance of exasperating; provocation |
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| an act of rebutting (to refute by evidence or argument), as in a debate |
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| a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing, esp. a set oration in honor of a deceased person |
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| expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion |
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| lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy |
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| characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing |
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| to make more certain; confirm |
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| any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, esp. a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall |
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| to praise highly; laud; eulogize |
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| willingness to believe or trust too readily, esp. without proper or adequate evidence; gullibility |
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| pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct |
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| to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn |
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| dull; cheerless; lacking in spirit, brightness, etc |
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| tending to conciliate (to overcome the distrust or hostility of; placate; win over) |
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| strict observance of promises, duties, etc |
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| to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents |
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| something excepted; an instance or case not conforming to the general rule |
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| capable of being done, effected, or accomplished |
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| in existence; still existing; not destroyed or lost |
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