| ameliorate |
to make better; improve. |
| bane |
something or someone that causes ruin or great trouble. |
| detonate |
to explode or cause to explode. |
| foreseeable |
capable of being anticipated or predicted. |
| harmonious |
characterized by agreement or accord. |
| hypocrite |
a person who pretends to be different or better than he or she really is. Someone who does not act according to his or her stated beliefs is a hypocrite. |
| inverse |
opposite or reversed in position, order, direction, nature, or effect. |
| mendacious |
untruthful. |
| odium |
hatred, strong dislike, or repugnance. |
| piquant |
of food, having a deliciously sharp or spicy taste. |
| presumptuous |
excessively bold or forward. |
| profiteer |
a person who gains excessive profits, especially by selling scarce commodities at very high prices. |
| regress |
to go back or backwards, as in reverting to an earlier form or stage of development. |
| sheathe |
to put in a tight, protective case. |
| utopia |
(often capitalized) an imagined or proposed place or society that is ideal, especially in its laws, ethics, and treatment of humanity. |