| aperture |
a narrow opening. |
| chauvinist |
one who has a biased belief in the superiority of one's own sex over the other. |
| encumber |
to hinder the normal progress, performance, or use of. |
| execrable |
of very poor quality; extremely inferior. |
| impart |
to give all or a part of; bestow or transmit. |
| instrumental |
serving as an agent or partial cause. |
| intolerable |
too difficult or unpleasant to be near or to bear. |
| pinnacle |
the highest point or part of anything; apex; summit. |
| profane |
irreverent or irreligious; blasphemous. |
| reformatory |
a corrective institution for disciplining and re-educating young offenders. |
| resuscitate |
to bring back to life or consciousness; revive. |
| solicit |
to try to obtain (business, recruits, donations, help, or the like) by persuasion, formal request, or pleading. |
| stupor |
a state of unconsciousness, insensibility, or torpor. |
| susceptible |
easily influenced or impressed (usually followed by "to"). |
| wanton |
lacking restraint in the pursuit of sexual pleasure. |