| amenity |
(plural) social courtesies; agreeable manners; pleasantries. |
| carnage |
the mass killing of people; slaughter. |
| chauvinist |
one who has a biased belief in the superiority of one's own sex over the other. |
| defile1 |
to make unclean, foul, or filthy. |
| facilitate |
to make less difficult; help in the doing of. |
| gingerly |
in a careful or cautious manner; warily. |
| impale |
to pierce and hold fast with a sharp-pointed instrument such as a spear. |
| impregnate |
to make (a female animal or human) pregnant, or to make (an egg) fertile. |
| incandescent |
giving off light as a result of being heated. |
| rejuvenate |
to restore the vigor, health, or appearance of youth to. |
| repugnance |
strong dislike, distaste, or aversion. |
| requisite |
required or essential. |
| resonance |
ability to make a strong or lasting effect, especially because of an emotional association. |
| retentive |
having the ability to remember. |
| touchstone |
a test or standard by which to evaluate the worth of something. |