| adept |
having great skill or ability. |
| bequest |
property handed down by will; legacy. |
| carnage |
the mass killing of people; slaughter. |
| desist |
to stop acting in a certain way. |
| extricate |
to free or release from difficulty, entanglement, or involvement; disengage. |
| jubilation |
a feeling of great joy, pride, and happiness; exultation. |
| nihilism |
the belief that existence has no meaning or purpose. |
| panache |
a confidently stylish, dashing, or flamboyant manner. |
| patron |
a regular customer of a shop, restaurant, or some other business. |
| pummel |
to strike heavily with or as if with the fists, a sword, a club, or the like; beat. |
| quip |
a short, humorous, clever, and often sarcastic utterance. |
| solicitous |
anxiously or tenderly concerned or attentive (usually followed by about, of, or for.) |
| stupor |
a state of unconsciousness, insensibility, or torpor. |
| synthesis |
the combining of discrete elements into a unified compound or entity, or the unified whole formed by such a combining. |
| vacillate |
to hesitate or waver in giving an opinion or making a decision; be indecisive. |