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depict
to represent by or as if by a picture
simultaneouslyexisting or
occurring at the same time;
exactly coincident
predicamenta difficult,
perplexing, or trying situation
interminablehaving or
seeming to have no end,
wearisomely protracted
unorthodox not conforming to established
standards, unconventional
renegadea deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to
another
polysyllabic characterized by words of many
syllables
refuteto disprove, to
show as erroneous
flogto beat with or as if with a rod or
whip; to criticize harshly
inscrutable difficult to understand; mysterious
discountenancedto look with
disfavor on; discourage by
evidence of disapproval
gambolingplayfully
skipping or laughing
saboteur one that destroys
property or normal
operations (usually in a war
effort)
raspingly irritatingly
reverberate to become driven back; to become
reflected
reproach to blame for something; a
disgrace
fathomcomprehension
disdain intense dislike; to treat with scorn or
contempt, to reject as
unworthy
annihilate to cause to cease
to exist
repudiate to reject, to
disown, to disvow
shrewish ill-natured;
intractable (not easily governed,
managed, or directed)
orificean opening (as a vent, mouth, or hole) through
which something may pass
collate to compare critically; to
collect, compare carefully in order
to verify, and often to integrate or
arrange in order
multifarious great in variety,
diverse
kaleidoscopea succession of
changing phases or actions
denounceto pronounce,
especially publicly, to be
blameworthy or evil
implicate to bring into intimate or
incriminating connection (to
imply)
hoardnoun: supply or fund stored up
and often hidden away
verb: to keep (as one's thoughts) to
oneself
remorselessly done with having
no remorse (guilt)
venerateto honor, to
revere
hereticone who dissents from an accepted belief or doctrine
catapult noun: a device for
launching an airplane at flying
speed verb: to throw or launch by or as if
by a catapult
irrepressibleimpossible to
repress, restrain, or control
proliferate to increase in
number as if by multiplying
debauchery moral corruption
promiscuity miscellaneous mingling or selection of
persons or things; unrestricted
sexual behavior
aquiline curving like an eagle's beak
jostleto come in contact or into collision; to make one's way by
pushing and shoving; to exist in
close proximity
listlesscharacterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit
incriminate to charge with or show evidence or
proof of involvement in a
crime or fault
posterityfuture
generations, all descendants of a
person
stratum a horizontal layer
balminesshaving the
qualities of balm: soothing; mild
sordidfilthy, foul
altercation a noisy heated angry dispute; also : noisy controversy
meditatively marked by or conducive to meditation;
disposed or given to meditation
innumerable too many to be
numbered; countless
cumbersome difficult to
handle, unwieldy
officiousness volunteering one's services where they are
neither asked nor needed; informal
or unofficial
unprocurable
unable to be procured (unable to
get and make available for promiscuous
sexual intercourse)