use = She spurned his offers of help
philistine = barbarian, narrow-minded person
use = a bunch of philistines
hemicycle = semicircular form or structure
use = *
citation = summons to appear in court
use = The court issued a contempt citation against city council
retard = to slow
use = severely retarded economic growth
malady = illness
use = Apathy is one of the maladies of modern society
pine = languish
use = pined away and died
meager = scanty
use = a meager salary
trek = journey
use = trekking through forests
signify = denote, indicate
use = Nobody really knows what the marks on the ancient stones signify
