| affectation |
falseness or superficiality of appearance or behavior; pretense. |
| apocalypse |
any instance of terrible destruction and devastation, especially on a scale that could bring about an end to the world. |
| condole |
to express sympathy or sorrow for one suffering misfortune or pain. |
| expedient |
suitable or advantageous for the purpose or in the circumstances. |
| inducement |
something used to persuade someone to a course of action; incentive. |
| invariable |
not subject to change; consistently the same. |
| minuscule |
so small as to be almost negligible; tiny. |
| omnipotent |
possessing infinite power; all-powerful. |
| pestilence |
an epidemic, usually deadly, disease; plague. |
| petite |
of a girl or woman, short and slender. |
| profane |
irreverent or irreligious; blasphemous. |
| ravenous |
very hungry; starved. |
| recalcitrant |
stubbornly disobedient; refractory. |
| recast |
to rewrite, reconstruct, or conceive again in a different form. |
| reticent |
reluctant to speak; not given to frequent speech; restrained; shy. |