| abhorrence |
a feeling of complete loathing, repulsion, or horror. |
| courier |
someone who delivers messages, packages, and the like, especially for a government, military organization, or business. |
| defeatist |
characterized by an acceptance or expectation of failure. |
| focal |
of or relating to focus. |
| havoc |
ruin or devastation. |
| ingrain |
to impress (habits, ideas, values, or the like) deeply and firmly in one's nature or mind. |
| inquisition |
an official inquiry, especially for the purpose of enforcing political, social, or religious conformity. |
| invalidate |
to deprive a claim of force or effect by negating its factual or legal basis. |
| junta |
a small group, often of military officers, acting as the rulers of a nation, especially provisionally after the overthrow of a previous government. |
| rambunctious |
wildly or uncontrollably active; difficult to control; boisterous. |
| sedative |
causing tranquillity or calmness. |
| soliloquy |
an act of talking or a speech by one who is, or is considered to be, alone. |
| tincture |
an alcohol solution containing a medicinal substance. |
| unpalatable |
not acceptable or pleasing to the sense of taste. |
| workaday |
ordinary; mundane; everyday. |