151767838 | vex | To annoy; to bring distress or suffering to; plague or afflict. | |
151767839 | steadfast | Fixed or unchanging; steady; firmly loyal or constant; unswerving. | |
151767840 | ululate | To howl, wail, or lament loudly. | |
151767841 | sage | One venerated for experience, judgment, and wisdom | |
151767842 | bravado | An aggressive display of boldness | |
151767843 | sanctity | Holiness; inviolability | |
151767844 | derision | Ridicule | |
151767845 | sadist | One who enjoys being cruel or causing other people pain and suffering | |
151767846 | mores | Customs, conventions, practices | |
151767847 | fervor | Intensity | |
151767848 | finality | The condition or quality of being final or settled | |
151767849 | incite | To rouse to a particular action | |
151767850 | litigious | Pugnacious, quarrelsome | |
151767851 | succumb | To cease to resist; to give in | |
151767852 | fallible | Capable of erring or making a mistake | |
152347863 | elucidate | to make clear | |
152347864 | depravity | moral corruption | |
152347865 | vie | to complete, to contest | |
152347866 | cogitate | to ponder over, to meditate, to think | |
152347867 | feral | wild, like a wild animal, savage | |
152347868 | imminent | about to occur, hanging threateningly over one's head | |
152347869 | judicious | wise, showing judgment, cautious | |
152347870 | placate | to soothe, to appease with concessions | |
152347871 | mystic | a person who is able to receive spiritual knowledge beyond that of other people | |
152347872 | pivotal | crucial, something around which things turn | |
152347873 | tenet | a principle, doctrine, or belief | |
152347874 | reverence | a feeling of deep respect tinged with awe | |
152347875 | altruistic | unselfish concern with the welfare of others | |
152347876 | faction | a group, or part of a large group, united on an issue | |
152347877 | inhibit | to keep from free activity or expression, to restrain or even forbid | |
157611341 | prodigious | Impressively great in size; large; enormous; extraordinary; marvelous | |
157611342 | adversary | Enemy, opponent | |
157611343 | ardor | Intensity of emotion, passion, or desire | |
157611344 | sardonic | Scornfully or bitterly sarcastic | |
157611345 | scathing | Attacking with severe criticism | |
157611346 | zealous | Marked by active interest and enthusiasm | |
157611347 | aghast | Struck with terror and amazement | |
157611348 | bellicose | Warlike | |
157611349 | castigate | To punish | |
157611350 | ingenuity | Cleverness in contriving, combining, or originating | |
157611351 | pristine | Untouched, unspoiled, pure | |
157611352 | transgress | To break a law | |
157611353 | vestige | A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone | |
157611354 | defile | To make unclean, impure | |
157611355 | repudiate | To reject, refuse to accept | |
161975763 | engender | To bring into existence; give rise to; cause to exist | |
161975764 | mar | To damage or deface | |
161975765 | sacrosanct | Regarded as sacred and inviolable | |
161975766 | misanthropic | Hating or mistrusting humankind | |
161975767 | noxious | Harmful to living things; injurious to health | |
161975768 | ameliorate | To make or become better; improve | |
161975769 | repress | To hold back; restrain; to force into the subconscious mind (as in memories, ideas, etc.) | |
161975770 | discord | Lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things; dissention | |
161975771 | frivolous | unworthy of serious attention; insignificant; trivial; marked by flippancy; silly | |
161975772 | atrophy | The wasting away of the muscles, tissues, or entire body; any wasting away, such as moral atrophy (the decrease in one's morality); to waste away | |
161975773 | infamy | Evil fame or reputation | |
161975774 | advocate | To speak in favor of; recommend; support | |
161975775 | amoral | Unethical or unprincipled; lacking morals | |
161975776 | frenetic | Wildly frantic, frenzied, hectic | |
161975777 | evince | To show clearly, display, signify |
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