| bane |
something or someone that causes ruin or great trouble. |
| callous |
not having kindness; not sensitive; having a hard heart. |
| elixir |
a sweetened, aromatic solution of alcohol and water used as a vehicle for medicines. |
| embellishment |
a beautifying decoration or addition. |
| farce |
anything improbable, absurd, or empty of meaning; mockery; sham. |
| impassable |
impossible to go past, through, over, or around. |
| infidel |
one who does not believe in or accept a religious faith, especially that of Christianity or Islam. |
| insidious |
dangerous through cunning, subtlety, and underhandedness. |
| paraphrase |
a restatement of a passage or text in somewhat different words so as to simplify, clarify, or amplify. |
| perpetrate |
to commit or carry out (a crime, act of mischief, or the like). |
| protagonist |
the leading character in a literary work. |
| regress |
to go back or backwards, as in reverting to an earlier form or stage of development. |
| short-term |
covering, lasting, or completed in a short period. |
| tractable |
easy to manage or guide; docile. |
| unseemly |
not in accord with accepted social standards; improper; indecorous. |