dismiss

v. eliminate from consideration; reject

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scuttle
[1] run with short, quick steps; scurry [2] cause a vessel to sink by opening the seacocks
or making holes in the bottom [3] stop something happening, or to cause a plan to fail
inchoate
adj. (rare, formal) just begun and therefore not clear or developed.
ascendancy
n. [formal] a position of power, influence, or control.
lofty
adj. very high

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machinations
n. (+of) schemes; secret, clever, and often unfair methods used to achieve something used in order to show disapproval.
nurture
v. nourish; educate; to care for and protect sb/sth while they are growing and
developing.
catholic
adj. [1] = ROMAN ~ [2](technical) connected with all Christians or the whole Christian
Church [3] (formal) including many or most things.

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forbearance
n. (formal) the quality of being patient and sympathetic towards other people, especially
when they have done sth wrong.
stanza
n. a group of lines in a repeated pattern forming part of a poem (= verse).
cartographer
n. map-maker

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frieze
n. [1]a border that goes around the top of a room or building with pictures or CARVINGS
on it. [2]a long narrow picture, usually put up in a school, that children have made or that
teaches them sth.
reiterate
v. (formal) to repeat sth that you have already said, especially to emphasize it.
elated
adj. overjoyed; in high spirits
disinclination
n. unwillingness

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