| emboss |
to decorate the surface of with a raised design. |
| fiasco |
an utter and shameful failure. |
| hilarity |
noisy or boisterous merriment. |
| infinitesimal |
of a thing or quantity, too small to be measured or calculated. |
| insecurity |
the condition or quality of having insufficient protection or not being safe. |
| lucid |
easy to understand; articulate; clear. |
| macabre |
of, pertaining to, depicting, or evoking death or the horrors of death; gruesome; ghastly. |
| misrepresent |
to identify or describe in a misleading way. |
| perfectionist |
one who tends not to be satisfied with less than flawless performance from herself or himself. |
| pessimistic |
feeling in a negative way about things; expecting the worst to happen. |
| pummel |
to strike heavily with or as if with the fists, a sword, a club, or the like; beat. |
| retroactive |
going into operation or effect as of a previous date, or in respect to past events or circumstances. |
| sporadic |
occurring irregularly or in a thinly scattered manner in time or space. |
| squalor |
living conditions that are filthy, or the state of being dirty or foul. |
| vanquish |
to subdue or defeat by or as if by greater force; conquer; overcome. |