| contend |
to struggle; fight against difficulties or opposition. |
| elongate |
to make longer; lengthen. |
| emboss |
to decorate the surface of with a raised design. |
| enormity |
the quality of surpassing moral limits; offensive or disgraceful character. |
| fabricate |
to construct or create. |
| knave |
an unscrupulous person; evildoer. |
| marauder |
one who raids or invades in order to plunder. |
| nondescript |
having no individual distinctiveness; lacking in notable features. |
| proliferate |
to spread or increase quickly. |
| proscribe |
to make illegal or prohibit. |
| protégé |
a person under the care or sponsorship of an influential patron. |
| reprove |
to criticize, usually mildly, for wrongdoing. |
| repulsion |
extreme distaste, disgust, or aversion. |
| wince |
to draw suddenly back or away from something painful or frightening. |
| workaday |
ordinary; mundane; everyday. |