inflation
to increase prices as money becomes of less value
recoupment
to reimburse for loss or expenditure
syndication
a group of people joined to carry out a business task
insurrectionary
to rebel and favour an anarchic system
sedentarian
a person who is not active
impugned
to call into question
volatile
to have varying moods ranging from two extremes
mandarin
A powerful senior official.
fascist
Proponent of authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government.
incipient
The initial stages or origin of something.
coalition
An association of unrelated entities sharing similar goals brought together specifically to enact change or management.
Patty Hearst
Granddaughter of publishing icon William Randolph Hearst who was famously kidnapped by an extreme terrorist group before either being coerced or brainwashed into helping them rob banks to fund their organization.
ecumenical
Being universal in scope or application.
tedious
Boring, dull, monotonous and seemingly endless.
hobgoblin
A figurative term liberally applicable to anything that induces fear or apprehension.
guerrillas
Soldiers in a paramilitary force working outside the environs of officially military jurisdiction, usually dedicated to a specific political cause rather than a party or nation.
counter-culture
Any incipient social movement with a clear trajectory of increased saturation into the mainsteam that embraces principles, beliefs, actions or an ideology in opposition to the mainstream.
wanton
Recklessly unconcerned with the inevitability of future negative consequences.
demented
A term commonly applied in an insulting manner by one party to describe actions, thoughts or behavior by another that they consider so inexplicable as to clearly be the work of a mentally unbalanced mind.
curmudgeon
A gruff, cantankerous older person who stubbornly sticks to traditional ways and vocally criticizes almost all progressive means.
transient
Temporary; leading a vagabond existence.
repulsive
Abhorrent to all sense of decency.
menopausal
Referring to the behavioral changes and mood fluctuations experienced by women during menopause.
prophet
A person believed to possess extraodinary insight into the course of future events.
consortium
An association of independent entities working together for a specific shared purpose or goal.
unmitigated
Pure and uncorrupted; unqualified and undiluted in intensity.
