| anarchist |
a person who believes in, desires, or tries to realize a society or state without a government. |
| arrears |
the state of being delinquent in the payment of financial obligations (usually preceded by "in"). |
| corpulent |
fat; portly; obese. |
| decadent |
tending to indulge in sensual pleasures; hedonistic. |
| distillation |
the process of heating a substance to produce a vapor, which is then cooled and condensed, in order to purify, concentrate, or extract components from the substance. |
| engross |
to take all the attention of; interest fully. |
| felon1 |
a person who has committed a serious crime, such as murder, rape, or burglary, as opposed to a misdemeanor. |
| gnarl |
to knot or twist. |
| habitable |
capable of being lived in. |
| malevolent |
wishing or doing evil to others; ill-willed; malicious. |
| melodrama |
behavior or events, in reality or fiction, with similarly exaggerated features or effects. |
| scruple |
a belief about right and wrong that keeps a person from doing something that may be bad. |
| taint |
to slightly corrupt or pollute. |
| temporize |
to be indecisive or delay acting, as in order to gain time or avoid conflict. |
| unhinge |
to cause to become confused, unbalanced, or deeply disturbed. |