| bane |
something or someone that causes ruin or great trouble. |
| coercive |
using threats, intimidation, or force to persuade or pressure someone to do something. |
| egotist |
a conceited person; braggart. |
| enormity |
the quality of surpassing moral limits; offensive or disgraceful character. |
| ingénue |
an inexperienced or artless girl or the role of a such a girl in a dramatic presentation. |
| inquisition |
an official inquiry, especially for the purpose of enforcing political, social, or religious conformity. |
| memoir |
an account of facts or events based primarily on the author's personal experience. |
| moderation |
the avoidance of excesses or extremes, especially in behavior. |
| monumental |
massive, imposing, or extremely conspicuous. |
| muse |
to think about something silently or for a long time. |
| plagiarize |
to wrongfully and deliberately claim as one's own (the ideas, words, or the like) of someone else. |
| propitious |
offering favorable circumstances or conditions; opportune; promising. |
| refraction |
the bending of rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like when passed obliquely from one medium to another with a different rate of transmission. |
| seclude |
to keep apart from other people or activity. |
| suave |
polished and urbane. |