| alienate |
to cause to become unfriendly or averse; estrange. |
| backwater |
any place that is seen as primitive, unchanging, or stagnant. |
| clairvoyant |
possessing the ability to see or know things that are beyond the five senses. |
| dexterity |
grace and easy quickness in using the hands or body; skill. |
| disconsolate |
hopelessly unhappy; dejected. |
| heretic |
a person who maintains unorthodox religious opinions or beliefs, especially a baptized Roman Catholic who dissents from official church doctrine. |
| iconoclast |
one who attacks and seeks to break down traditional beliefs and institutions or popular ideas and values. |
| lethargy |
a state of having very low energy with drowsiness and apathy; lassitude. |
| maniacal |
marked by wildness, craziness, and violence. |
| nemesis |
that which one cannot beat, conquer, or succeed at; cause or agent of one's often repeated downfall. |
| ossify |
to become inflexible or rigid, as in thought or behavior. |
| ponderous |
heavily labored and dull. |
| reprimand |
a strong, usually formal statement of disapproval; rebuke. |
| undercut |
to act so as to lessen the effectiveness or influence of; undermine or thwart. |
| unworldly |
lacking sophistication; naive; provincial. |