| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| consummate |
of the highest order or degree. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| expostulate |
to argue earnestly with someone, usually against an intended action; remonstrate. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |