| appease |
to cause to become calmer by meeting demands. |
| flail |
to cause to move wildly. |
| infamy |
evil or shameful reputation. |
| labyrinthine |
complex and intricate to the point of being puzzling. |
| mortify |
to subject (someone) to extreme embarrassment, shame, or humiliation. |
| obliterate |
to erase or make unrecognizable by erasing. |
| obsequious |
showing or tending to show servile obedience or deference; fawning. |
| psychosis |
serious mental disorder that affects all aspects of the personality and involves withdrawal from reality. |
| ricochet |
to bounce or skip off a surface at an angle; rebound. |
| sacrosanct |
so important or revered as to be beyond any alteration or criticism. |
| splice |
to join (two pieces of film, tape, or similar things) at the ends. |
| turpitude |
moral baseness; depravity. |
| undermine |
to gradually, secretly, or imperceptibly weaken and destroy. |
| vapid |
lacking spirit, life, or flavor; dull; uninteresting. |
| workaday |
ordinary; mundane; everyday. |