| beneficent |
tending to do good; kindly; charitable. |
| conspirator |
a person who is involved in a plot with others to perform or a criminal or wrongful act. |
| frenetic |
frantic; frenzied. |
| heterogeneous |
made up of parts or members that differ from each other. (Cf. homogeneous.) |
| incorrigible |
incapable of being controlled or influenced for the better. |
| insular |
closed to new ideas; narrow-minded. |
| lamentable |
deserving to be mourned or regretted; deplorable; unfortunate; disappointing. |
| maternal |
of, having to do with, or like a mother. |
| miff |
to cause (someone) to become annoyed; offend. |
| monologue |
a long speech or reading given by a single speaker. |
| prelude |
an introductory event or act; preface; preliminary. |
| sedate |
composed and dignified. |
| tenacity |
the quality or condition of holding on strongly or persistently to something. |
| unfrock |
to deprive of priestly status. |
| vigil |
a watch or period of surveillance, especially one kept during normal sleeping hours. |