| apocalypse |
any instance of terrible destruction and devastation, especially on a scale that could bring about an end to the world. |
| auspicious |
likely to be followed by favorable events. |
| conscript |
a military recruit summoned by draft; draftee. |
| consecrate |
to commit or devote to some goal or service. |
| egotistical |
self-centered or selfish. |
| feign |
to pretend or fake; put on a false show of. |
| glacial |
of, concerning, coming from, or marked by the presence of glaciers or other large ice masses. |
| impart |
to give all or a part of; bestow or transmit. |
| inquisitive |
given to asking and inquiring; eager to learn. |
| marauder |
one who raids or invades in order to plunder. |
| optic |
of or concerning the eye or the sense of sight. |
| receptive |
open and willing to accommodate new thoughts and ideas. |
| synthesis |
the combining of discrete elements into a unified compound or entity, or the unified whole formed by such a combining. |
| unfrock |
to deprive of priestly status. |
| viscid |
of a gluelike consistency. |