| ambivalent |
of feelings and emotions, conflicting; pulling in opposite directions. |
| augment |
to make greater in size or amount; increase. |
| bequest |
property handed down by will; legacy. |
| concentric |
of circles or spheres, having the same middle point. |
| noteworthy |
deserving attention; remarkable. |
| odorous |
having or giving off a distinctive or strong smell. |
| overture |
an opening move to begin something. |
| pillage |
to openly and forcefully seize goods from, as during a war; plunder. |
| presumptive |
affording a reasonable basis for belief. |
| preventable |
having the possibility of being prevented; capable of being stopped or kept from happening. |
| sanctify |
to make sacred or holy; consecrate. |
| satiate |
to glut or fill to excess; oversupply; surfeit. |
| simplistic |
excessively simplified, as to be unrealistic. |
| squalid |
dirty or foul, as from neglect. |
| vicarious |
experienced through imagined participation in someone else's actions, sufferings, or the like. |