| abject |
of the lowest or most wretched kind. |
| arable |
capable of being farmed. |
| credible |
believable or plausible. |
| degenerate |
to decline from an original or former condition; change for the worse in nature or quality; deteriorate. |
| entail |
to call for or bring about as a necessary accompaniment; necessarily involve. |
| garish |
marked by excessive or tasteless color or decoration; gaudy; flashy. |
| gauche |
deficient in manners or other conventions of social behavior; boorish; crude. |
| incarnate |
having bodily form; personified. |
| misnomer |
an incorrect or inappropriate name. |
| regenerate |
to grow (new tissue or parts) to replace lost or injured tissue or parts. |
| resurgent |
surging or rising once again; coming back. |
| revel |
to feel great pleasure; rejoice (usually followed by "in"). |
| skeptic |
one who is inclined to question or doubt assertions that are made or accepted by others. |
| stasis |
the state of equilibrium or balance between opposing forces; motionlessness. |
| throe |
(usually plural) any convulsive or anguished struggle, or great exertion. |