| anathema |
something or someone despised or cursed. |
| asinine |
silly or willfully stupid. |
| chasten |
to awaken conscience or bring about moral improvement through suffering, discipline, or punishment. |
| discontinuance |
the act of stopping or condition of being stopped; interruption. |
| dormer |
a window set vertically into a projecting structure on a sloping roof. |
| dregs |
the part of anything that is left over or that has the least value or use. |
| empathy |
identification with or sharing of another's feelings, situation, or attitudes. |
| indigent |
without financial means to live; needy; poor. |
| knave |
an unscrupulous person; evildoer. |
| lassitude |
lack of mental or physical energy; weariness or listlessness; lethargy. |
| militant |
aggressive or combative in attitude or actions, especially in defense of a cause. |
| perspicacity |
keenness of mental perception or grasp; astuteness. |
| preoccupation |
the state of being completely engrossed or absorbed in thought. |
| succumb |
to give in or give way to a fatal illness, superior force, overwhelming desire, or the like; yield. |
| wily |
cleverly deceitful; tricky; cunning. |