| carnage |
the mass killing of people; slaughter. |
| carnal |
of or pertaining to the flesh or body, especially sexual appetites and activities. |
| climactic |
pertaining to, reaching, or being the point of highest interest or intensity in a series of increasingly important points or events. |
| commune2 |
a group of people living together as a community, working collectively on land owned in common or by a government. |
| correlate |
to have a causal, complementary, parallel, or reciprocal relationship. |
| counterfeiter |
one who makes fraudulent imitations or copies, especially of money. |
| disparage |
to depreciate or belittle, especially in speech. |
| euphemism |
the word or expression so substituted. |
| materialistic |
being more greatly concerned with things in the world that can be acquired than with spiritual matters or values. |
| multifaceted |
having several aspects or stages; complex or various. |
| periphery |
the outer boundary or edge of an area or surface, or the region directly inside or outside of this. |
| redouble |
to make twice as great; renew more vigorously; intensify. |
| slough2 |
to shed or discard; rid oneself of. |
| subterfuge |
a stratagem or artifice used to hide, avoid, or deceive. |
| theorem |
a proposition or idea that can be proven by other formulas or propositions in mathematics, or deduced from accepted premises or assumptions in logic. |