| deleterious |
harmful or injurious, as to health. |
| dissuade |
to urge or convince not to do something. |
| figment |
something imaginary or invented. |
| formidable |
exceptionally difficult; daunting. |
| incendiary |
causing or having the potential to cause a fire. |
| mediate |
to act as an intermediary in (a dispute) or bring about (an agreement). |
| mellifluous |
flowing and sweet, as though with honey. |
| obliterate |
to erase or make unrecognizable by erasing. |
| panache |
a confidently stylish, dashing, or flamboyant manner. |
| pillage |
to openly and forcefully seize goods from, as during a war; plunder. |
| polemic |
an emphatic statement of a controversial viewpoint, usually criticizing or refuting an existing position. |
| presumption |
a belief that is taken for granted but not proved. |
| pretext |
a false reason or claim put forward to mask one's true motive or aim. |
| sumptuous |
large, lavish, or splendid, especially when created at great cost. |
| tribulation |
severe suffering or affliction; distress. |