White Tiger Vocab

protocol

a detailed plan of a scientific or medical experiment, treatment, or procedure

venerate

to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference

adulturated

to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element

stout

bulky in body: fat

acrid

sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor

cower

to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays

perogative

an exclusive or special right, power, or privelege

rictus

a gaping grin or grimace

idol

a representation or symbol of an object of worship; a false god

dubiously

unsettled in opinion

ramparts

a wall-like ridge

pending

while awaiting

eunuch

one that lacks virility or power

simper

to smile in a silly manner

entrails

the inner workings of something

warren

a maze of passageways or small rooms

gilded

to overlay with or as in with a thin covering of gold

bureaucrat

an administrative policy-making body

sullen

gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed

gorging (disgorging)

to stuff to capacity

duress

compulsion by threat: unlawful constraint

oleaginous

resembling or having the properties of oil

debauchery

extreme indulgence in sensuality

presumption

an attitude or belief dictated by probability

whetstone

a stone used for sharpening knives or other edge tools

mandala

a hindu or buddhist graphic symbol of the universe

seethed

to churn or foam as if boiled

particulated

a very steep or overhanging place

vainglorious

excessive or ostentatious pride especially in one's achievements

allocate

to set apart or earmark: designate