| belated |
too late; tardy. |
| carnage |
the mass killing of people; slaughter. |
| conscription |
compulsory enrollment in military service. |
| deprave |
to change for the worse, especially morally; corrupt; pervert. |
| equivocation |
the act of communicating in ambiguous, shifting, or indecisive terms, often to avoid or deceive. |
| exculpate |
to free (a person or group) from guilt or blame, or from the suspicion of guilt or blame. |
| exuberance |
the condition or quality of being vigorously happy or high-spirited. |
| fester |
to become filled with pus; become infected. |
| inimitable |
impossible to mimic or copy, because of uniqueness or superiority. |
| maniacal |
marked by wildness, craziness, and violence. |
| nascent |
coming into being or starting to develop. |
| presage |
to be a sign or warning of; portend or foretell. |
| quandary |
a situation of uncertainty, puzzlement, or hesitation; dilemma. |
| synoptic |
forming a summary or overview. |
| ungovernable |
unable to be governed, ordered, or controlled; uncontrollable. |