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| established or settled in a comfortable, safe or secret place. |
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| coming before all others in importance. |
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| stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so. |
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| having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure. |
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| (of a person or their efforts) persisting tirelessly. |
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| not able to be controlled or restrained. |
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| deserving or causing public disgrace or shame. |
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| involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt. |
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| the act of being evil in nature or effect; malevolence. |
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| the act of engaging in plots and intrigues; scheme. |
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| (of a woman) attractively lively and animated. |
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| (of a person or animal) easy to control or influence. |
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| intended or likely to placate or pacify, appeasing. |
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retired (someone) with a pension
(adj): outmoded, old-fashioned, incapacitated or disqualified for active duty by advanced age. |
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| a short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct. |
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| believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity; doubtful as to whether something will happen or whether it is worhtwhile; contemptuous, mocking; concerned only with one's own interests and typically disregarding accepted or appropriate standards in order to achieve them. |
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| occurring, awarded, or appearing after the death of the originator. |
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| a reason given in justification of course of action that is not the real reason. |
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| a person who acts as a link between people in order to try to bring about an agreement or reconciliation; a mediator; one who negotiates. |
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| punishment that is consideration to be morally right and fully deserved; recompense; reward. |
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| absolutely, exactly (as categorical: unambiguously explicit and direct). |
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| necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility. |
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| cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand. |
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| expressed severe disapproval of (someone or something); typically in a formal statement. |
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