| benevolent |
desiring to do good for others; generous. |
| didactic |
intended to educate or instruct, especially in moral values. |
| equivocate |
to express oneself ambiguously, often to avoid giving a direct answer or to deceive. |
| eventuality |
something that might happen; contingent occurrence. |
| galvanize |
to stimulate into awareness or activity. |
| importune |
to pester with insistent demands or requests. |
| innuendo |
an indirect and usually derogatory hint, allusion, or insinuation. |
| intimacy |
the condition of being close in friendship or otherwise intimate. |
| metabolism |
the processes in plants and animals by which food is changed into energy or used to make cells and tissues. |
| overt |
openly apparent; not concealed. (Cf. covert.) |
| perfidy |
an act or the practice of conscious, deliberate disloyalty or treachery; breach of faith. |
| repressive |
acting or tending to restrain or subdue. |
| retribution |
repayment for one's actions, especially punishment for evil. |
| supercilious |
showing an arrogant disregard, as a look, manner, or person. |
| vacuous |
characterized by lack of intelligence or serious intent; devoid of ideas or emotion. |