| bane |
something or someone that causes ruin or great trouble. |
| candor |
the quality of openness, honesty, and straightforwardness in expression. |
| dignitary |
one who holds a high office or rank. |
| emaciate |
to waste away the flesh of, usually by starvation or disease; make extremely thin. |
| fatuous |
smugly foolish or stupid. |
| havoc |
ruin or devastation. |
| incise |
to cut into the surface of. |
| inquisition |
an official inquiry, especially for the purpose of enforcing political, social, or religious conformity. |
| intone |
to recite in musical or lengthened tones, especially in a monotone; chant. |
| languor |
lack of strength or energy; weakness or listlessness. |
| mote |
a fine particle of dust; speck. |
| patron |
a regular customer of a shop, restaurant, or some other business. |
| spendthrift |
one who is extravagant or wasteful with money; squanderer. |
| utopia |
(often capitalized) an imagined or proposed place or society that is ideal, especially in its laws, ethics, and treatment of humanity. |
| winsome |
attractive or charming. |