| censure |
to criticize or condemn. |
| disinterest |
lack of bias or self-interest; impartiality. |
| flaccid |
without firmness; soft; flabby. |
| incendiary |
causing or having the potential to cause a fire. |
| ineffectual |
incapable of acting effectively. |
| morbid |
in an unhealthy, gloomy mental state; preoccupied with sickness, abnormality, or death. |
| perfidy |
an act or the practice of conscious, deliberate disloyalty or treachery; breach of faith. |
| presumptuous |
excessively bold or forward. |
| pursuant |
following on or proceeding from (usually followed by "to"). |
| refract |
to bend (rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like) in passing (them) obliquely from one medium into another which transmits them at a different speed. |
| requisite |
required or essential. |
| ruffian |
one who is tough and violent; bully; thug. |
| singe |
to burn slightly on the surface, end, or edge. |
| ultimatum |
a final statement of demands, especially when issued with a threat of action if rejected, as in a diplomatic discussion. |
| venal |
capable of acting dishonestly or wrongly in return for money or the like; open to accepting bribes; corrupt. |