percolate (v) -- to cause (liquid, for example) to pass through a porous substance or small holes; filter
stasis (n) -- a condition of balance among various forces; motionlessness
vociferous (adj.) -- taking, given to, or marked by noisy and vehement outcry
vehement (adj.) -- characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid
fervid (adj.) -- marked by great passion or zeal
zeal (n) -- enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal, or goal and tireless diligence in its furtherance
interlude (n) -- an intervening episode, feature, or period of time
intervene (v) -- to come, appear, or lie between two things
despotism (n) -- rule by or as if by a despot; absolute power or authority
despot (n) -- a ruler with absolute power
amanuensis (n) -- one who is employed to take dictation or to copy manuscript
dictation (n) -- the act or process of dictating material to another for transcription
dictate (v) -- to say or read aloud to be recorded or written by another
transcription (n) -- the act or process of transcribing
transcribe (v) -- to make a full written or typewritten copy of (dictated material, for example)
wharf (n) -- a landing place or pier where ships may tie up and load or unload
hosiery (n) -- socks and stockings; hose: a grotesque series of both pin- and wide-striped hosiery hanging in the clearance section of Barney's Northside Black Friday Shopping locales
grotesque (adj.) -- characterized by ludicrous or incongruous distortion, as of appearance or manner
ludicrous (adj.) -- laughable or hilarious because of obvious absurdity or incongruity
absurd (adj.) -- ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable
ridiculous (adj.) -- deserving or inspiring ridicule; absurd, preposterous, or silly
ridicule (n) -- words or actions intended to evoke contemptuous laughter at or feelings toward a person or thing
preposterous (adj.) -- contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd
incongruity (n) -- lack of congruence
congruence (n) -- agreement, harmony, conformity, or correspondence
congruity (n) -- the quality or fact of being congruous
incongruous (n) -- lacking in harmony; incompatible
locale (n) -- a place, especially with reference to a particular event
fealty (n) -- the fidelity owed by a vassal to his feudal lord
entourage (n) -- a group of attendants or associates; a retinue
prosthesis (n) -- an artificial device used to replace a missing body part, such as a limb, tooth, eye, or heart valve
rouge (n) -- a red or pink cosmetic for coloring the cheeks or lips
cosmetic (n/adj.) -- a preparation, such as powder or a skin cream, designed to beautify the body by direct application; serving to do this, especially by the face and hair
constabulary (n/adj.) -- the body of constables of a district or city; of or relating to constables
constable (n) -- a peace officer with less authority and smaller jurisdiction than a sheriff, empowered to serve writs and warrants and make arrests
jurisdiction (n) -- law the right and power to interpret and apply the law
writs (n) -- law a written order issued by a court, commanding the party to whom it is addressed to perform or cease performing a specified act
viscous (adj.) -- having relatively high resistance to flow
divulge (v) -- to make known (something private or secret)
compatriot (n) -- a person from one's own country
felicitate (v) -- to offer congratulations to
rapt (adj.) -- deeply moved or delighted; enraptured
enraptured (adj.) -- to fill with rapture or delight
rapture (n) -- the state of being transported by a lofty emotion; ecstasy
shale (n) -- a fissile rock composed of layers of claylike, fine-grained sediments
fissile (adj.) -- possible to split
sediment (n) -- material that settles to the bottom of a liquid; lees
lees (n) -- sediment settling during fermentation, especially in wine; dregs
fermentation (n) -- the anaerobic conversion of sugar to carbon dioxide and alcohol by yeast
anaerobe (adj.) -- an organism, such as a bacterium, that can live in the absence of atmospheric oxygen
dregs (n) -- brewing solid particles that tend to settle at the bottom of some liquids, such as wine or coffee
polygamy (n) -- the condition or practice of having more than one spouse at one time
suffuse (v) -- to spread through or over, as with liquid, color, or light
fraught (adj.) -- filled with a specified element or elements; charged
anonymity (n) -- the quality or state of being unknown or unacknowledged
immiscible (adj.) -- that cannot undergo mixing or blending