rift 2. abuse 3. justify 4. intimate 5. meander 6. sty 7. desultory 8. facetious 9. alchemy 10. snobbery 11. jeer 12. sinister 13. ultimatum 14. edict 15. pejorative 15. They issued an ______ to the police to rid the area of racist attackers, or they will take the law into their own hands.