abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
foment |
to encourage the development of; instigate or foster. |
fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
scion |
an offspring or heir. |
sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |
transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |