| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| facsimile |
an exact copy or duplicate of something printed or of a picture. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| inveigle |
to entice or ensnare by clever talk or flattery. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |