| auspicious |
likely to be followed by favorable events. |
| caustic |
bitingly critical. |
| chaste |
not having committed fornication or adultery. |
| contiguous |
in contact; touching; adjoining. |
| impede |
to slow or block the movement or progress of; hinder. |
| indelible |
incapable of being removed or obliterated; permanent. |
| plight1 |
a state or situation, especially an unhappy or unlucky one; predicament. |
| populous |
having a large population. |
| provocation |
the act of inciting or challenging another to react. |
| prudent |
showing good judgment and caution; sensible. |
| repast |
a meal, or the food eaten at a meal. |
| synthesis |
the combining of discrete elements into a unified compound or entity, or the unified whole formed by such a combining. |
| tenable |
able to be upheld, affirmed, supported, or defended; logical. |
| tumult |
the noise and commotion of a large crowd; uproar. |
| voluptuous |
full of or characterized by sensual pleasures. |