| abhor |
to regard with intense loathing or horror; detest. |
| avenger |
one who inflicts suffering in order to punish or gain retribution for a wrong. |
| contraption |
(informal) a mechanical device, sometimes of odd design or construction; gadget. |
| crave |
to need or desire very much. |
| criticize |
to judge what is good or bad in. |
| fascination |
the condition of having one's attention aroused and held, as by charm, beauty, or extreme interest. |
| metamorphosis |
a complete change of form, parts, or character. |
| oust |
to force out; expel. |
| royalty |
a member of a king or queen's family, or all such persons as a group. |
| scholarly |
of or appropriate to a student or a learned person. |
| sequence |
a pattern or process in which one thing follows another. |
| stabilize |
to become steady, firm, unwavering, or fixed. |
| statistical |
of, concerning, or based on information in the form of numbers that can be used to understand a complex issue or test the validity of a hypothesis. |
| terminal |
found at or forming the end of something. |
| valid |
based on truth, fact, or logic. |