| communicable |
capable of being spread or passed on; contagious. |
| concealment |
the act of hiding something from sight, or the condition of being hidden from sight. |
| conciliate |
to overcome the anger, distrust, or animosity of; appease; placate. |
| demoralize |
to weaken or destroy the confidence, courage, spirit, or morale of. |
| feign |
to pretend or fake; put on a false show of. |
| fraught |
accompanied by; full of, usually something bad or unpleasant. |
| inaccessible |
hard or impossible to reach, approach, or attain. |
| modulate |
to vary the loudness, pitch, intensity, or tone of; especially soften or tone down. |
| obliterate |
to erase or make unrecognizable by erasing. |
| paucity |
smallness of number or amount; scarcity. |
| prude |
someone who is extremely or overly concerned with modesty or proper conduct, speech, dress, or the like. |
| query |
a question. |
| rabid |
extreme in opinion or action; fanatical. |
| revel |
to feel great pleasure; rejoice (usually followed by "in"). |
| revile |
to speak about or speak to with hostile insults; disparage or abuse. |