| anathema |
something or someone despised or cursed. |
| awry |
in an unplanned and undesired direction. |
| buoyancy |
the capacity to float or rise to the top in a liquid or gas. |
| exalt |
to honor or glorify. |
| expedient |
suitable or advantageous for the purpose or in the circumstances. |
| fluency |
the ability to speak or write smoothly and easily in another language. |
| guise |
external appearance or semblance, especially if deceptive. |
| immutable |
not subject to change; unchanging or unchangeable. |
| indispose |
to cause unwillingness or disinclination in; make averse. |
| luxuriant |
growing thickly and in great numbers; lush. |
| naysayer |
a person who refuses, denies, or opposes, especially because of cynicism or pessimism. |
| pallid |
pale or whitened; lacking color. |
| repressive |
acting or tending to restrain or subdue. |
| sensual |
related to or providing pleasure from the ways humans perceive stimuli, such as through touch, taste, or smell. |
| stricture |
that which restricts or constrains. |