| ambivalence |
the presence of conflicting feelings, such as love and hate, toward a person, thing, or situation. |
| arable |
capable of being farmed. |
| asinine |
silly or willfully stupid. |
| confound |
to perplex or bewilder; confuse. |
| evoke |
to call forth or bring out (an image, memory, response, or the like) in the mind or in action. |
| exemplary |
deserving to be imitated or followed; highly commendable. |
| infelicity |
the quality or condition of being inappropriate, or unfortunate in the given circumstances. |
| oblivion |
the state or condition of being entirely forgotten. |
| perfectionist |
one who tends not to be satisfied with less than flawless performance from herself or himself. |
| precipice |
a steep cliff. |
| prosaic |
straightforward and plain; unimaginative; dull. |
| rehabilitate |
to restore to good health or to an otherwise improved state of being. |
| sheaf |
a bound bundle of cut grain. |
| soliloquy |
an act of talking or a speech by one who is, or is considered to be, alone. |
| utopia |
(often capitalized) an imagined or proposed place or society that is ideal, especially in its laws, ethics, and treatment of humanity. |