| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| deterge |
to cleanse, wash, or wipe off. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |