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| very unpleasant; disagreeable: The weather was abominable last week. |
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| a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe. |
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| at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; apart: They always stood aloof from their classmates. |
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| excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain: the anguish of grief. |
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| to fill or overcome with horror, consternation, or fear; dismay: He was appalled by the damage from the fire. I am appalled at your mistakes. |
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| to take vengeance or exact satisfaction for: to avenge a grave insult. |
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| to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude |
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| a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order. |
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| to express disapproval of; scold; reproach: The principal chided the children for their thoughtless pranks. |
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| to order or force into active military service. |
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| deserving of or held in contempt; despicable. |
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| to struggle in opposition: to contend with the enemy for control of the port. |
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| the act of desolating or the state of being desolated; ruin or devastation |
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| causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible: a dire calamity. |
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| without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate. |
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| to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn. |
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| to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away. |
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| to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle: They were enticed westward by dreams of gold. |
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| to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg: to entreat the judge for mercy. |
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| causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent. |
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| extreme mental agitation; wild excitement or derangement. |
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| Without interest or concern. |
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| To lie or wait in concealment. |
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| To rob of goods and valuables. |
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| Of great weight; Massive. |
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| The act of giving back to something. |
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| a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture. |
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| a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game. |
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| secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure. |
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| to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair. |
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| a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd. |
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| painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil. |
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| wretchedly bad: a vile humor. |
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| an odd or capricious notion or desire; a sudden or freakish fancy: a sudden whim to take a midnight walk. |
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| Full of, Marked by,or proceeding from wilie |
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