| abridge |
to make shorter. |
| contemptuous |
feeling or expressing angry disgust, as at something unworthy or wicked; scornful. |
| empathy |
identification with or sharing of another's feelings, situation, or attitudes. |
| fickle |
quickly changing without reason or warning, especially in affection or allegiance; variable or capricious. |
| gratuitous |
given or done without sufficient reason or justification; unwarranted. |
| incandescent |
giving off light as a result of being heated. |
| infernal |
of or pertaining to hell or the world of the dead. |
| mannerism |
a distinctive and habitual behavioral characteristic. |
| petulance |
the state or quality of being easily or unreasonably irritated, impatient, or ill tempered. |
| psyche |
the mental makeup of a person or group. |
| pummel |
to strike heavily with or as if with the fists, a sword, a club, or the like; beat. |
| remonstrance |
the act or an instance of protesting or objecting. |
| retribution |
repayment for one's actions, especially punishment for evil. |
| sully |
to make dirty or tarnished. |
| totality |
the state or quality of being total. |