abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
internecine |
of or pertaining to conflict, discord, or struggle within a group. |
liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
modus operandi |
a method of accomplishing something; way of working. |
pungent |
sharp and strong in taste or smell. |
reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |