| accolade |
an expression or mark of approval; honor; award. |
| atrophy |
a gradual wasting away of a body part, especially from insufficient use or nourishment. |
| bane |
something or someone that causes ruin or great trouble. |
| caprice |
a sudden, impulsive change of mind or direction, or an unpredictable action. |
| detonate |
to explode or cause to explode. |
| epilogue |
a short concluding section to a literary work, often summarizing what later becomes of the characters. |
| firmament |
the entire arch of the sky; heavens. |
| heterogeneous |
made up of parts or members that differ from each other. (Cf. homogeneous.) |
| inaccessible |
hard or impossible to reach, approach, or attain. |
| languid |
lacking or not showing strength, energy, or spirit; weak, slow, or listless. |
| malevolent |
wishing or doing evil to others; ill-willed; malicious. |
| protégé |
a person under the care or sponsorship of an influential patron. |
| regenerate |
to grow (new tissue or parts) to replace lost or injured tissue or parts. |
| reproof |
an act or statement of disapproval. |
| utopia |
(often capitalized) an imagined or proposed place or society that is ideal, especially in its laws, ethics, and treatment of humanity. |