A | B |
Ignominy | disgrace, dishonor, public contempt |
Exhort | to urge |
Singular | being of one kind, remarkable |
Ascetic | denying ones self any pleasurable activity |
Amenable | willing; responsive |
Caprice | sudden impulse, silly desire |
Perverse | twisted or sick |
Infamy | fame for doing something that was bad |
Scrupulous | conscientious; having high moral standards |
Infirmity | weakness; illness |
Machination | scheme to achieve a goal; the act of plotting something in a sneaky way |
Expiation | the act of compensating for a wrong; atoning for a sin |
Grovel | to beg |
Propensity | a tendency, an inclination |
Transformation | a change |
Speculation | a guess about what will happen in the future |
Precocity | the quality of being advanced for one’s age |
Primeval | belonging to the earliest of times; around since creation |
Listlessness | quality of being tired and without energy |
Delusion | illusion; hallucination |
Alienation | quality of being excluded from a group |
Irrevocable | impossible to take back; beyond possibility of changing |
Effervescence | quality of being bubbly |
Ominous | threatening, menacing |
Transitory | lasting for a short period of time only |
Conjectural | based on a guess; not known |
Parable | story that teaches a moral lesson |