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depict 

to represent by or as if by a picture

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simultaneouslyexisting or

occurring at the same time;

exactly coincident

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predicamenta difficult,

perplexing, or trying situation

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interminablehaving or

seeming to have no end,

wearisomely protracted

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unorthodox not conforming to established

standards, unconventional

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renegadea deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to

another

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polysyllabic characterized by words of many

syllables

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refuteto disprove, to

show as erroneous

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flogto beat with or as if with a rod or

whip; to criticize harshly

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inscrutable difficult to understand; mysterious

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discountenancedto look with

disfavor on; discourage by

evidence of disapproval

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gambolingplayfully

skipping or laughing

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saboteur one that destroys

property or normal

operations (usually in a war

effort)

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raspingly irritatingly

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reverberate to become driven back; to become

reflected

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reproach to blame for something; a

disgrace

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fathomcomprehension

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disdain intense dislike; to treat with scorn or

contempt, to reject as

unworthy

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annihilate to cause to cease

to exist

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repudiate to reject, to

disown, to disvow

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shrewish ill-natured;

intractable (not easily governed,

managed, or directed)

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orificean opening (as a vent, mouth, or hole) through

which something may pass

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collate to compare critically; to

collect, compare carefully in order

to verify, and often to integrate or

arrange in order

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multifarious great in variety,

diverse

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kaleidoscopea succession of

changing phases or actions

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denounceto pronounce,

especially publicly, to be

blameworthy or evil

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implicate to bring into intimate or

incriminating connection (to

imply)

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hoardnoun: supply or fund stored up

and often hidden away

verb: to keep (as one's thoughts) to

oneself

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remorselessly done with having

no remorse (guilt)

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venerateto honor, to

revere

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hereticone who dissents from an accepted belief or doctrine

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catapult noun: a device for

launching an airplane at flying

speed verb: to throw or launch by or as if

by a catapult

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irrepressibleimpossible to

repress, restrain, or control

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proliferate to increase in

number as if by multiplying

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debauchery moral corruption

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promiscuity miscellaneous mingling or selection of

persons or things; unrestricted

sexual behavior

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aquiline curving like an eagle's beak

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jostleto come in contact or into collision; to make one's way by

pushing and shoving; to exist in

close proximity

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listlesscharacterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit

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incriminate to charge with or show evidence or

proof of involvement in a

crime or fault

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posterityfuture

generations, all descendants of a

person

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stratum a horizontal layer

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balminesshaving the

qualities of balm: soothing; mild

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sordidfilthy, foul

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altercation a noisy heated angry dispute; also : noisy controversy

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meditatively marked by or conducive to meditation;

disposed or given to meditation

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innumerable too many to be

numbered; countless

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cumbersome difficult to

handle, unwieldy

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officiousness volunteering one's services where they are

neither asked nor needed; informal

or unofficial

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unprocurable

unable to be procured (unable to

get and make available for promiscuous

sexual intercourse)