Alternative

the choice between two mutually exclusive the choice between two mutually exclusive possibilities, a situation presenting such a possibilities, a situation presenting such a choicechoice

Amenable

agreeable agreeable

Artisan

a worker skilled in a craft a worker skilled in a craft

Astute

quick in discernment quick in discernment

Balm

something that soothes something that soothes

Beleaguer

besiege, harass besiege, harass

Bludgeon

a short heavy, thick club that has one end a short heavy, thick club that has one end larger than the other larger than the other

Criterion

a standard or rule by which something is a standard or rule by which something is judged judged

Defame

libel or slander libel or slander

Disperse

to scatter in various directions; distribute to scatter in various directions; distribute widely widely

Dissolution

the breaking up into parts; termination of a the breaking up into parts; termination of a legal bond or contract legal bond or contract

Divine

to foretell a prophecy; to infer, to guess to foretell a prophecy; to infer, to guess

Draconian

hard, severe, cruel hard, severe, cruel

Fetish

an object of unreasonable obsessive reverence an object of unreasonable obsessive reverence

Forage

to search or hunt for food to search or hunt for food

Gird

to encircle to encircle

Guise

appearance appearance

Hovel

a small miserable dwelling a small miserable dwelling

Karma

fate, destiny fate, destiny

Lesion

wound wound

Milieu

environment or surroundings environment or surroundings

Misnomer

incorrect name incorrect name

Precarious

unsafe, unsteady unsafe, unsteady

Quixotic

impractical impractical

Resurgent

a rise after defeat a rise after defeat