auxiliary
adj. furnishing added support
adj. supporting
Synonym: additional
n. a helper or aid
Synonyms: reserve, accessory
candid
adj. openly straightforward and direct without secretiveness
Synonyms: frank, sincere, impartial, unposed, forthright, plainspoken, unbiased
cubicle
n. small area set off by walls for special use
Synonyms: small room, compartment, hole-in-the-wall
drudgery
n. hard monotonous routine work
Synonyms: toil, labor, grind
envoy
n. a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador
Synonyms: a representative or government messenger; emissary, minister
escalate
v. increase in extent or intensity
Synonyms: raise, ascend, mount, elevate
expedient
adj. appropriate to a purpose
Synonyms: advantageous, useful, contrivance, device, serviceable
feign
v. make believe with the intent to deceive
Synonyms: pretend, fake, sham, affect, simulate
flair
n.. a natural talent
Synonyms: bent, knack, gift, style, panache
grievous
adj. causing or marked by grief or anguish
Synonyms: causing sadness, painful, heartrending, onerous, flagrant
heterogeneous
adj. consisting of elements not of the same kind or nature
Synonyms: diverse, miscellaneous, mixed, variegated
horde
n. a vast multitude
Synonyms: a large number of people; throng, crowd, mass, host, swarm
impel
v. urge or force to an action; constrain or motivate
Synonyms: urge, push, spur, propel, incite
incredulous
adj. not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
Synonyms: disbelieving, skeptical, mistrustful, doubting
inscribe
v. carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
Synonyms: engrave, write, enroll, enlist
monologue
n. a dramatic speech by a single actor
Synonym: soliloquy
prognosis
n. a prediction of the course of a disease
Synonyms: forecast, projection
rasping
v. unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
Synonyms: scraping, abrasive, gravelly
repugnant
adj. offensive to the mind
Synonyms: disagreeable, distasteful, hateful, odious, revolting, repulsive
scuttle
v. to move about or proceed hurriedly
v. to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in a decisive way
n. a pail or bucket