| contemptuous |
feeling or expressing angry disgust, as at something unworthy or wicked; scornful. |
| derogatory |
having the purpose or effect of detracting; disparaging. |
| dole |
to deal out or distribute (food, money, or the like) in small amounts to needy people (usually followed by "out"). |
| empathy |
identification with or sharing of another's feelings, situation, or attitudes. |
| enrapture |
to cause to be in rapture or to be ecstatically joyful. |
| fester |
to become filled with pus; become infected. |
| grapple |
to grasp, twist, or wrestle in close combat. |
| imperative |
very important; urgent. |
| indisposed |
slightly and temporarily ill, as with indigestion or a cold. |
| plenitude |
abundance; fullness. |
| scourge |
someone or something that inflicts punishment or causes suffering or destruction. |
| staid |
formal, solemn, and reserved in character. |
| synopsis |
a short statement giving an overview, the main principles, or the sequence of events of a narrative, argument, article, or the like; summary; abstract. |
| workaday |
ordinary; mundane; everyday. |