| askew |
not straight; crooked. |
| cogitate |
to think over something carefully or at length. |
| curtail |
to make shorter; cut off part of. |
| inaccessible |
hard or impossible to reach, approach, or attain. |
| innate |
belonging to or existing in someone or some organism from the time of birth; inborn. |
| instrumental |
serving as an agent or partial cause. |
| malevolent |
wishing or doing evil to others; ill-willed; malicious. |
| marauder |
one who raids or invades in order to plunder. |
| openhanded |
tending to give to others; generous. |
| pensive |
thoughtful in a sad or deeply serious way. |
| polemic |
an emphatic statement of a controversial viewpoint, usually criticizing or refuting an existing position. |
| recompense |
payment or action to compensate for the expenditure or loss of time, money, property, or the like. |
| stigma |
a long-lasting mark or stain on one's character or reputation, especially of disgrace or reproach. |
| surrogate |
acting as, or considered to be, a substitute or replacement. |
| tryst |
a meeting held at a specified time and place, especially a secret meeting of lovers; rendezvous. |