| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| determinism |
the belief or teaching that every effect, including human thoughts and actions, is completely and predictably brought about by preceding causes and that, therefore, free will does not exist. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| perquisite |
a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position. |