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mayhem
maiming a person, disfiguring act
bourgeois
belonging to the middle rank in society
vociferous
crying out noisily, clamorous
vicarious
suffered or enjoyed by one person on behalf of another
utopian
having the nature of, or inclined to draw up schemes for a utopia;
idealistic; visionary
veracity
truthfulness, honesty
mendacious
dishonest, not telling truth
polemical
involving controversy, disputing
orthopedics
science dealing with prevention or correction of deformitites
in the skeletal system
heinous
hateful, bad, outrageous
hirsute
hairy, havong lots of hair, shaggy
megalomania
delusion of grandeur from mental disorder
henchman
followers, sometimes unscrupulous
aborigines
earliest known inhabitants of a country
ostensible
avowed; professed apparent
winced
shrank, drew back, flinched
hedonism
belief that pleasure is chief good in life
viscosity
thickness, quality of being sticky
potpourri
mixture, medley, miscellany
venomous
poisonous, deadly
sacrilege
desecrating that which is sacred, profaning something
plagarism
steal from another's writing, copying
pensive
thoughtful, serious
abrogated
called off, annulled, nullified
wanton
reckless about the feeling of others, unrestrained
renaissance
rebirth, a new birth or revival
sagacious
wise, knowing, of sound judgement, respected
vapid
empty, insipid, spiritless
resilience
elasticity, rebound
roseate
rosy, bright, promising
hiatus
gap, break with a part missing
remunerate
to pay for service, reward, recompense
platonic
a spiritual comradeship of love, idealistic
utilitarian
useful, satisfying human wants
orthodox
sound in opinion or doctrine, correct, approved
respectively
as relating to each other, each in order
respite
delay or postponement, intermission of labor
oscillation
a swinging back and forth
scaerdotal
pertaining to priests or priesthood
plausible
seemingly true, reasonable, trustworthy
histrionic
of or pertaining to stage and acting
rustic
pertaining to the country
poignant
piercing, keen, distressing to feelings
welter
a tossing and tumbling
blithe
joyous, gay, merry
ruminate
to ponder over in the mind
peccadillo
petty fault, trifle, silliness
winch
machine to turn or strain something
venial
excusable, capable of being forgiven
wizened
dried, shriviled
winch
machine to turn or strain something
venial
excusable, capable of being forgiven
wizene