| conservationist |
a person who promotes and encourages preservation, especially of natural resources. |
| debase |
to reduce in value, quality, esteem, or character. |
| deleterious |
harmful or injurious, as to health. |
| egotism |
excessive self-promotion; boastfulness or conceitedness. |
| ennui |
a general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction, especially with all aspects of life. |
| entail |
to call for or bring about as a necessary accompaniment; necessarily involve. |
| invigorate |
to fill with energy, strength, or life. |
| mandatory |
ordered; required; obligatory. |
| materialistic |
being more greatly concerned with things in the world that can be acquired than with spiritual matters or values. |
| morbid |
in an unhealthy, gloomy mental state; preoccupied with sickness, abnormality, or death. |
| mortify |
to subject (someone) to extreme embarrassment, shame, or humiliation. |
| nullify |
to cause to have no value or consequence. |
| pinion2 |
to restrain (someone) by binding the arms. |
| scourge |
someone or something that inflicts punishment or causes suffering or destruction. |
| vogue |
a popular fashion or style. |