| callous |
not having kindness; not sensitive; having a hard heart. |
| depravity |
moral corruption; wickedness. |
| dint |
force or impact. |
| fledgling |
a young bird that has just grown flight feathers or learned to fly. |
| grandiloquent |
speaking or expressed in a pretentious, pompous, or excessively ornate fashion. |
| impel |
to drive or incite to action. |
| metabolism |
the processes in plants and animals by which food is changed into energy or used to make cells and tissues. |
| nadir |
the lowest or most depressing point or stage. |
| pallor |
unnatural lack of color, especially of the face. |
| puerile |
immature or silly; childish. |
| scrimmage |
a vigorous struggle; scuffle. |
| slur |
to speak of disparagingly; belittle. |
| stymie |
throw an obstacle in the way of (something or someone); impede; thwart. |
| tome |
a large thick book, often one of a multivolume scholarly work. |
| transmute |
to change into another form, substance, state, or the like. |