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| ruthless unconscionable unethical unprincipled He unscrupulouly hit the neighbor's barking dog with his car |
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| abrupt bold sheer hasty He was precipitous in accusing the babysitter of stealing the vase when he actually moved it to a new spot |
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| . | without contents; empty: the vacuous air. |
| 2. | lacking in ideas or intelligence: a vacuous mind |
Her lack of ideas on how to start the paper made her partners thinkk she had a vacuous mind. |
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| | actively poisonous; intensely noxious: a virulent insect bite. |
| 2. | Medicine/Medical. highly infective; malignant or deadly. |
baneful deadly malignant noxious pernicious The snakes virulent bite make causes sudden death |
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| deliberate and without motive or provocation; uncalled-for; headstrong; willful: Why jeopardize your career in such a wanton way? |
| 3. | without regard for what is right, just, humane, etc.; careless; reckless: a wanton attacker of religious convictions. |
unbridled uncontrolled The wanton dog bit the young girl while she was petting it |
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Malicious Unprovoked The wanton dog bit the girl while she was petting it |
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noun | a person who is attracted to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs. |
She was described as a xenophile for her love oof foreign cultures and foods |
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| 1. | the point on the celestial sphere vertically above a given position or observer. Compare nadir. |
| 2. | a highest point or state; culmination. |
She reached the zenith of her studies when she recieved her diploma |
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expert He was an afficionado at track bcs he won every race. |
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any magical power or process of transmuting a common substance, usually of little value, into a substance of great value. Midas was an alchemist who could change anything into gold with just a touch |
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| | Hindu Mythology. the descent of a deity to the earth in an incarnate form or some manifest shape; the incarnation of a god. |
| 2. | an embodiment or personification, as of a principle, attitude, or view of life. |
His avatar in the video game was looked a lot like him. |
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middle class Being a bourgeious I am concerned with getting a good education so I can get a good job in the future |
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There was a chaparrel in the forest that I could not cross because it was full of thorns |
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persons who have superior knowledge and understanding of a particular field, esp. in the fine arts, literature, and world of fashion. His cogniscente knowledge of hebrew put my few words to shame |
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a discerning judge of the best in any field: a connoisseur of horses The wine connoisseur was offended by the way the person chugged the fine wine without even without a care |
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a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, esp. in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler. The dillitante was known to not stick with any activity for longer than a month |
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| . | pertaining to or in the state of an embryo. |
| 2. | rudimentary; undeveloped |
The new born was impaired because itt was born it before it completed the embryonic stage |
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| I could never study entemology bcs I have no tolerance for insects |
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