| corrugate |
to shape or bend or become shaped or bent into parallel, wavelike ridges and grooves. |
| doctrinaire |
dogmatically adhering to a theory or a school of thought, regardless of its practicality. |
| duplicitous |
deceitful, treacherous, or double-dealing. |
| egoism |
the tendency to evaluate everything in relation to one's own interests; self-centeredness. |
| flaccid |
without firmness; soft; flabby. |
| guile |
deceitfulness, treachery, or skillful cunning; wiliness. |
| intercede |
to act as a mediator in a dispute or disagreement. |
| lechery |
excessive or vulgar interest in sex; prurience. |
| malediction |
the expression of a wish that evil or harm come to someone; curse. |
| petulant |
showing or inclined to show sudden or unreasonable irritation, impatience, or ill temper; peevish or sulky. |
| pique |
to cause (a feeling or action) to be aroused or incited. |
| redress |
compensation or reparation; amends. |
| scruple |
a belief about right and wrong that keeps a person from doing something that may be bad. |
| surveillance |
a close watch or observation, especially of a person or group of people under suspicion. |
| unfrock |
to deprive of priestly status. |