TSL vocabulary

inauspicious

contrary to your interests or welfare; unpromising

petrify

make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; paralyze by fear

augur

indicate by signs; portend; bode;

indubitably

in a manner or to a degree that could not be doubted

scourge

to whip

infamy

a state of extreme dishonor

brazen

unrestrained by convention or propriety

iniquity

morally objectionable behavior; wickedness; sin

haughty

having or showing arrogant superiority; vain; conceited

flagrant

conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; blatant

Impediment:

something immaterial that interferes with action or progress; obstacle

Exhort

to impel in an indicated direction; strongly encourage or urge (someone to do s.t.)

Tremulous

quivering as from weakness or fear

Lurid

shining with an unnatural red glow

Rebuke

an act or expression of criticism and censure (or verb, to express strong disapproval)

Amenable

disposed or willing to comply; easily persuaded

Inscrutable

of an obscure nature; impossible to understand or interpret; unreadable

Intangible

hard to pin down or identify; impalpable; abstract

Imbibe

receive into the mind and retain; consume; gulp down

callous

emotionally hardened

Insidious

intended to entrap; subtly harmful; treacherous

Aver

declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; avow; attest

Procure

get by special effort; obtain

Despondency

feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless

Prolific

bearing in abundance especially offspring; producing much (such as a fruit tree)

caprice

a sudden desire; whim

Inexplicable

incapable of being explained or accounted for

Adverse

contrary to your interests or welfare; harmful; unfavorable

Imperious

having or showing arrogant superiority; domineering; lordly

Dauntless

invulnerable to fear or intimidation

Extant

still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost

Panoply

a complete and impressive array

Exigency

a sudden unforeseen crisis that requires immediate action; urgent need or demand

Depravity

moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; corruption; vice