| ameliorate |
to make better; improve. |
| armistice |
an agreement by groups of people or countries at war to stop fighting; truce. |
| epigram |
a short, pithy, often paradoxical sentence. |
| imbibe |
to take up or consume by drinking. |
| implacable |
not to be pacified or diverted; unappeasable or inexorable. |
| insufferable |
incapable of being tolerated or endured; unbearable. |
| meticulous |
very careful or precise. |
| noncommittal |
not revealing what one's preference, feeling, or opinion is. |
| perdition |
the loss of the soul for eternity; damnation. |
| pessimism |
the belief that events will turn out badly; tendency to expect the worst. |
| poignant |
deeply touching; arousing strong emotion, especially sadness or sympathy; piercing; penetrating. |
| precipice |
a steep cliff. |
| simile |
a figure of speech in which two different things are compared by using the words "like" or "as." "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb" is an example of a simile. |
| unfrock |
to deprive of priestly status. |
| whimsical |
characterized by or resulting from a sudden desire or fancy. |