| alacrity |
willing promptness. |
| apostate |
a person who abandons his or her religious faith, principles, cause, or the like. |
| contemptuous |
feeling or expressing angry disgust, as at something unworthy or wicked; scornful. |
| convivial |
enjoying feasting, drinking, and socializing; sociable. |
| coy |
artfully shy or retiring; playfully but calculatingly reticent. |
| embellish |
to improve by, or as though by, decorations; decorate. |
| inexhaustible |
unable to be used up; endless. |
| primeval |
of or suggestive of the first age or ages. |
| propagate |
to reproduce (offspring) or cause to reproduce. |
| proscribe |
to make illegal or prohibit. |
| repartee |
a quick, clever reply; witty retort. |
| salubrious |
favorable to good health; healthy; wholesome. |
| slovenly |
careless or disgustingly dirty. |
| travail |
strenuous and often painful or exhausting work; toil. |
| unregulated |
not subject to rules or constraints. |