| adept |
having great skill or ability. |
| chasten |
to awaken conscience or bring about moral improvement through suffering, discipline, or punishment. |
| detachment |
a feeling or condition of being impartial or uninvolved. |
| emboss |
to decorate the surface of with a raised design. |
| imminent |
about to happen or likely to happen soon. |
| incipient |
starting to exist or become apparent; in an early stage of development. |
| infatuation |
the condition of being deprived of judgment by an irrational or foolish attachment to someone or something. |
| languor |
lack of strength or energy; weakness or listlessness. |
| lethal |
intended to cause or capable of causing death or extreme harm; deadly. |
| litigious |
inclined to bring lawsuits. |
| malleable |
capable of being shaped, as by hammering or rolling. |
| maxim |
a brief, concise statement of a general or basic truth or rule, especially for proper conduct. |
| shackle |
a metal band or one of a pair of metal rings used to bind the wrist or ankle of a prisoner or animal. |
| simile |
a figure of speech in which two different things are compared by using the words "like" or "as." "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb" is an example of a simile. |
| uniformity |
the state or quality of being uniform; overall sameness. |