| carnage |
the mass killing of people; slaughter. |
| compile |
to gather information together to form one written work. |
| diaphanous |
of fabric or the like, almost transparent; sheer; filmy; delicate. |
| enumerate |
to name or list one by one. |
| execrable |
of very poor quality; extremely inferior. |
| fulsome |
offensive, especially because of excessiveness or insincerity. |
| liquidate |
to pay off or settle (a debt or the like). |
| mainstay |
the main support of something. |
| melodrama |
behavior or events, in reality or fiction, with similarly exaggerated features or effects. |
| momentous |
very important. |
| paragon |
a model of excellence or of a particular admirable quality. |
| preoccupation |
the state of being completely engrossed or absorbed in thought. |
| remonstrance |
the act or an instance of protesting or objecting. |
| terse |
effectively brief and to the point; concise; pithy. |
| ulterior |
beyond or excluded from what is openly admitted or shown, especially when concealed for the purposes of deception. |