| dalliance |
a wasting away of time; loitering; dawdling. |
| decimation |
the act of destroying a large part or number of something. |
| delimit |
to define or mark the boundaries of; demarcate. |
| depose |
to deprive of rank or office, especially from an important position such as that of king. |
| ecclesiastical |
of or related to the church and clergy. |
| elegy |
a sorrowful or mournful poem or musical composition, especially a lament for the dead. |
| evocative |
tending or able to call forth images, memories, feelings, and the like. |
| gargantuan |
(sometimes capitalized) of enormous proportions; huge; gigantic. |
| impudence |
the act or condition of being boldly disrespectful; insolence. |
| laxity |
the state or quality of being careless or slack; looseness. |
| recurrence |
an act or instance of happening or appearing again or repeatedly. |
| scavenger |
an animal that finds and eats dead animals or rotting plants; a person who finds things that others no longer want. |
| scruple |
a belief about right and wrong that keeps a person from doing something that may be bad. |
| sustenance |
nourishment that maintains life; food. |
| wanton |
lacking restraint in the pursuit of sexual pleasure. |