befall |
to happen to. |
caricature |
a depiction, in a drawing or verbal description, that deliberately exaggerates or distorts some features of the person or thing represented to produce a comic or grotesque appearance. |
conflagration |
a large, damaging fire. |
debase |
to reduce in value, quality, esteem, or character. |
dispensary |
a room in an institution, such as a hospital, in which medical supplies are kept and given out. |
elixir |
a sweetened, aromatic solution of alcohol and water used as a vehicle for medicines. |
ethereal |
highly refined; unworldly. |
grandiloquence |
speech that is pretentious, pompous, or excessively mannered. |
momentous |
very important. |
odium |
hatred, strong dislike, or repugnance. |
plethora |
an amount that is more than enough; overabundance. |
pollinate |
to move or carry pollen to a plant, causing the seeds to be fertilized. |
scandalous |
causing, or likely to cause, a scandal; shocking; disgraceful. |
unfeigned |
not pretended or false; genuine; sincere. |
wheedle |
to try to persuade or influence by coaxing or flattery; cajole. |