| castigate |
to punish or rebuke, as with severe public criticism; chastise. |
| conclusive |
serving to reach a final answer or decision, or to settle. |
| contemptuous |
feeling or expressing angry disgust, as at something unworthy or wicked; scornful. |
| defer1 |
to not do until later; put off; delay. |
| deity |
a god or goddess. |
| emboss |
to decorate the surface of with a raised design. |
| excoriate |
to denounce or criticize severely. |
| extant |
still in existence; current; not extinct, destroyed, or lost. |
| lewd |
characterized by vulgarity or offensively explicit sexual references; bawdy. |
| realign |
to come to a new relationship or set of alliances, as countries or political factions. |
| revelry |
noisy merrymaking. |
| rudiment |
(often plural) something in an initial, imperfect, or undeveloped form. |
| shamble |
to walk slowly, unsteadily, or awkwardly. |
| sordid |
morally bad; ignoble or base. |
| veneer |
a superficial outward appearance or show. |