| anathema |
something or someone despised or cursed. |
| bane |
something or someone that causes ruin or great trouble. |
| deducible |
able to be concluded or inferred from certain facts or principles. |
| defunct |
no longer in existence or use; dead; extinct. |
| fickle |
quickly changing without reason or warning, especially in affection or allegiance; variable or capricious. |
| inopportune |
occurring at an undesirable or unreasonable time. |
| menagerie |
a collection of usually wild or exotic animals, or the place where they are exhibited. |
| observable |
able to be seen; visible. |
| partisan |
devoted to or favoring a particular cause, group, political party, or the like. |
| patrician |
of, concerning, or belonging to an aristocratic class. |
| perfidy |
an act or the practice of conscious, deliberate disloyalty or treachery; breach of faith. |
| posterior |
located behind or toward the back of something. |
| solicitous |
anxiously or tenderly concerned or attentive (usually followed by about, of, or for.) |
| surreptitious |
made, performed, or achieved by stealth or in secret. |
| vicissitude |
(usually plural) unexpected and unforeseeable changes or shifts, as in one's circumstances. |