| anomalous |
differing from the norm, standard, or common type or rule; abnormal. |
| covetous |
desiring that which belongs to another; wanting possessions; greedy. |
| decelerate |
to lower the speed of; decrease in velocity; slow down. |
| dote |
to have or show too much love or affection (usually followed by "on" or "upon"). |
| ensue |
to occur as the result of an earlier event. |
| evocative |
tending or able to call forth images, memories, feelings, and the like. |
| ignominy |
the condition of being in disgrace or dishonor; humiliation. |
| inexorable |
not subject to change by any force or influence; unyielding or unrelenting. |
| infernal |
of or pertaining to hell or the world of the dead. |
| informant |
one who reports or confides what he or she knows to another; source. |
| ingrain |
to impress (habits, ideas, values, or the like) deeply and firmly in one's nature or mind. |
| marauder |
one who raids or invades in order to plunder. |
| mire |
deep, heavy mud or soil. |
| shackle |
a metal band or one of a pair of metal rings used to bind the wrist or ankle of a prisoner or animal. |
| vicarious |
experienced through imagined participation in someone else's actions, sufferings, or the like. |