| advantageous |
giving a benefit or advantage; helpful; useful. |
| blasphemy |
disrespect or irreverence toward something considered sacred or inviolable, especially God. |
| conflagration |
a large, damaging fire. |
| deleterious |
harmful or injurious, as to health. |
| expendable |
considered able to be replaced, given up, or sacrificed. |
| facile |
acting or working in an easy, effortless manner. |
| impeach |
to accuse a person in public office of wrong or improper conduct. |
| imperative |
very important; urgent. |
| inhibit |
to hold back, restrain, prevent, or tend to do so. |
| jingoism |
aggressive nationalism and patriotism, especially as directed against foreign countries. |
| mesmerize |
to induce a hypnotic trance in; hypnotize. |
| myopia |
a visual defect in which distant images are focused in front of rather than on the retina; nearsightedness. |
| repulsion |
extreme distaste, disgust, or aversion. |
| revue |
a form of entertainment consisting of a series of songs, comic routines, and dances, often as parodies of current affairs and people. |
| rite |
a formal ceremonial procedure prescribed or customary for a specific occasion, as in religious worship. |