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| make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features |
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| attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive |
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| insolent or impertinent behavior |
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| unusually or disproportionately large; excessive |
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1. throw or drop (something) from an aircraft or ship
2. abandon or discard (someone or something that is no longer wanted) |
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| holding firmly to an opinion or a course of action |
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| a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society |
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| a huge, powerful, and overwhelming force or institution |
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| the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity |
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| make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse |
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| to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does |
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| claim or assert that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically without proof that this is the case |
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| impossible to deny or disprove |
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| an increase or addition, esp. one of a series on a fixed scale |
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| an official order or commission to do something |
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| petty, trivial; small or meager |
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| a sudden attack or violent expression of a particular emotion or activity |
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1. strongly reminiscent or suggestive of (something)
2. strongly smelling of something |
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| alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive |
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| secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, esp. in order to cheat or deceive others |
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| full of or shedding light; bright or shining, esp. in the dark |
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| obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree |
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1. a state of total disorder
2. a butcher's slaughterhouse (archaic except in place names) |
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| occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered or isolated |
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| omit or decline to take (something pleasant or valuable); go without |
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| ( fraught with) (of a situation or course of action) filled with or destined to result in (something undesirable) |
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1. gentle; kindly
2. (of a climate or environment) mild and favorable
3. Medicine (of a disease) not harmful in effect |
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