defile1 |
to make unclean, foul, or filthy. |
distend |
to swell or cause to swell from, or as if from, internal pressure; balloon. |
egress |
an act, instance, method, or place of exit or emergence. |
emboss |
to decorate the surface of with a raised design. |
enfranchise |
to give the rights of a citizen to, especially the right to vote. |
lionize |
to view or treat (someone) as a celebrity or extraordinary person. |
lummox |
(informal) someone who is especially clumsy, slow, and unintelligent. |
marauder |
one who raids or invades in order to plunder. |
morbid |
in an unhealthy, gloomy mental state; preoccupied with sickness, abnormality, or death. |
obnoxious |
offensive or not pleasant. |
protuberance |
that which projects; bulge or bump. |
sedition |
actions or speech intended or serving to create rebellion against a government. |
vicissitude |
(usually plural) unexpected and unforeseeable changes or shifts, as in one's circumstances. |
wean |
to cause to be free of a habit, activity, or the like, often by means of a distraction or substitute. |
wreak |
to carry out or cause. |