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| Having conflicting feelings toward a person or thing, such as love and hate. |
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| Full of peculiar whims; ill-tempered; eccentric. |
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| Slow; late in doing things; inclined to delay; meant to gain time. |
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| Sad; dejected; cheerless. |
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| Resentment; an angry or offended feeling. |
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| Contrary; not easily controlled; stubbornly willful. |
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| Well-bred; refined; excessively polite. |
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| Pleasant; agreeable; genial. |
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| Irritable; bad-tempered; spiteful. |
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| Opinionated; advancing a definite point of view or doctrine. |
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| Empty; purposeless; stupid; senseless. |
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| Readily bribed or corrupted. |
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An ecclesiastical or secular law or code of laws.
A basis for laws.
Any officially recognized set of books. |
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| Leadership; preponderant (overriding) influence or authority, especially of government or state. |
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| Form of government in which the ruling power lies in the hands of a select few. |
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A system by which debtors are bound in servitude to their creditors until debts are paid.
The condition of being an unskilled day laborer, especially in Latin America and the United States. |
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Making an outward show of piety but lacking the inward spirit.
Hypocritical. |
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| A direct vote of the qualified electors of a state in regard to some important public question. |
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Invested with or conferring full power.
A diplomatic agent fully authorized to represent his government. |
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| An agent or substitute; a document giving one authority to act for another. |
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The act of withdrawing or going back.
A moderate and temporary decline in economic activity that occurs during a period of otherwise increasing prosperity. |
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The killing of a king.
One who kills or helps to kill a king. |
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Coming into being again.
Showing renewed growth or vigor. |
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The practice of using political or military force without actually resorting to war.
Retaliation for an injury with the intent of inflicting at least as much injury in return. |
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Ruination or complete destruction.
Corruption.
Complete overthrow. |
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A substitute.
In some states, a judge having jurisdiction over the probate of wills and the settlement of estates. |
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A person bound by vows to live a life of religious worship and service, as a monk or nun.
Any person fervently devoted to a religion, activity, leader, or ideal. |
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