| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| derelict |
failing to fulfill one's responsibilities or obligations; remiss. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| extort |
to extract or obtain (money or the like) by force, threats, or abuse of authority. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |