| ambivalence |
the presence of conflicting feelings, such as love and hate, toward a person, thing, or situation. |
| electrify |
to shock, startle, or excite. |
| expatriate |
one who has gone into exile from or renounced allegiance to his or her native land. |
| impassable |
impossible to go past, through, over, or around. |
| knave |
an unscrupulous person; evildoer. |
| macabre |
of, pertaining to, depicting, or evoking death or the horrors of death; gruesome; ghastly. |
| obscene |
offensive and not decent. |
| parody |
a humorous imitation in print, music, or performance of a serious person, work of art, or publication. |
| philanthropy |
collective efforts made to do good for others, especially in the form of making monetary donations or engaging in charitable works. |
| prohibitive |
serving as a preventative. |
| raiment |
clothing; dress; apparel. |
| slovenly |
careless or disgustingly dirty. |
| specious |
apparently true, genuine, or plausible, but actually worthless, as an argument or evidence. |
| squalor |
living conditions that are filthy, or the state of being dirty or foul. |
| synopsis |
a short statement giving an overview, the main principles, or the sequence of events of a narrative, argument, article, or the like; summary; abstract. |