| bane |
something or someone that causes ruin or great trouble. |
| canvass |
to conduct a survey of; poll. |
| diminutive |
very small; tiny. |
| evocative |
tending or able to call forth images, memories, feelings, and the like. |
| interminable |
endless or seemingly endless; monotonously long. |
| jocose |
inclined to joke; jovial; merry. |
| jollity |
the state or quality of being merry; gaiety. |
| mandatory |
ordered; required; obligatory. |
| miscreant |
evil or malevolent; villainous. |
| plight1 |
a state or situation, especially an unhappy or unlucky one; predicament. |
| posit |
to propose or suggest as an account of something or as a contribution to an understanding of something. |
| preempt |
to seize or appropriate ahead of others. |
| supremacy |
ultimate power or authority. |
| therapeutic |
of, pertaining to, or capable of healing; curative. |