| ameliorate |
to make better; improve. |
| carnal |
of or pertaining to the flesh or body, especially sexual appetites and activities. |
| chasten |
to awaken conscience or bring about moral improvement through suffering, discipline, or punishment. |
| commandeer |
to force (a civilian) into, or seize (goods) for, the military. |
| deducible |
able to be concluded or inferred from certain facts or principles. |
| depravity |
moral corruption; wickedness. |
| facilitate |
to make less difficult; help in the doing of. |
| ineffectual |
incapable of acting effectively. |
| natty |
(informal) neat, well-groomed, and smartly dressed; dapper. |
| nostalgia |
a longing for the past. |
| prurient |
characterized by or causing lewdness or lust. |
| psychiatrist |
a medical doctor who treats people with mental and emotional illnesses. |
| reminiscence |
something that is remembered; memory or impression. |
| temporize |
to be indecisive or delay acting, as in order to gain time or avoid conflict. |
| zealot |
a person who is excessively and often intolerantly enthusiastic, especially about a cause or religious faith; fanatic. |