| adept |
having great skill or ability. |
| apocalypse |
any instance of terrible destruction and devastation, especially on a scale that could bring about an end to the world. |
| bedizen |
to dress or decorate in a flashy, garish fashion. |
| deleterious |
harmful or injurious, as to health. |
| designate |
to choose for a particular job or purpose. |
| fatuous |
smugly foolish or stupid. |
| inducement |
something used to persuade someone to a course of action; incentive. |
| innuendo |
an indirect and usually derogatory hint, allusion, or insinuation. |
| jurisdiction |
the right or authority to interpret and administer the law. |
| raucous |
loud, sharp, and rasping, as, at times, a bird's call or a human's voice or laugh. |
| revile |
to speak about or speak to with hostile insults; disparage or abuse. |
| sate |
to fill to excess, especially with food; glut. |
| scourge |
someone or something that inflicts punishment or causes suffering or destruction. |
| seedy |
unkempt or shabby. |
| vicarious |
experienced through imagined participation in someone else's actions, sufferings, or the like. |