| amenity |
(plural) social courtesies; agreeable manners; pleasantries. |
| capricious |
tending to act on impulse; subject to whim; erratic and unpredictable. |
| carnage |
the mass killing of people; slaughter. |
| corrugate |
to shape or bend or become shaped or bent into parallel, wavelike ridges and grooves. |
| fragmentary |
consisting of fragments; incomplete or disconnected. |
| heretofore |
prior to this time; before now. |
| indolent |
inclined to avoid exertion or effort; lazy. |
| mainstay |
the main support of something. |
| offhand |
done without thinking or preparing ahead of time. |
| palpitate |
of the heart, to pulsate rapidly; flutter; quiver. |
| provisional |
adopted on a temporary or tentative basis until something permanent is established; conditional. |
| sedentary |
involving or characterized by sitting or little physical activity. |
| vagary |
an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant occurrence, action, or idea; whim. |
| variegate |
to make varied or give variety to, especially by making multicolored. |
| vivacity |
the characteristic or state of being vivacious; liveliness; sprightliness; animation. |