Kaleidoscopes
noun
1. an optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely at the end of a rotating tube, are shown in continually changing symmetrical forms by reflection in two or more mirrors set at angles to each other.
2. a continually changing pattern of sh
Fatuous
adjective
1. foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly.
2. unreal; illusory
Writhed
Verb:
1. to twist the body about, or squirm, as in pain, violent effort, etc.
2. to shrink mentally, as in acute discomfort
Noun:
1. a twisting of the body, as in pain
Afflicted
Verb
1. to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously
2. to overthrow; defeat
3. to humble
Insatiably
adjective
1. not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
Guise
noun
1. general external appearance; aspect; semblance
2. assumed appearance or mere semblance
3. style of dress
4. manner; mode
Verb
1. to dress
Daunted
Verb
1. to overcome with fear; intimidate
2. to lessen the courage of; dishearten
Obeisance
Noun
1. a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy, as before a superior; a bow, curtsy, or other similar gesture.
2. deference or homage
Annihilated
Verb
1. to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence; destroy utterly
2. to destroy the collective existence or main body of; wipe out
3. to annul; make void
4. to cancel the effect of; nullify.
5. to defeat completely; vanquish
Rendezvous
Noun
1. an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
2. the meeting itself.
3. a place designated for a meeting or assembling, especially of troops or ships.
4. a meeting of two or more spacecraft in outer space.
5. a favo
Gratuitous
Adjective
1. given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
2. being without apparent reason, cause, or justification:
"a gratuitous insult."
3. Law. given without receiving any return value
Effigies
Noun
1. a representation or image, especially sculptured, as on a monument.
2. a crude representation of someone disliked, used for purposes of ridicule
Acrid
Adjective
1. sharp of biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.
2. extremely or sharply stinging or bitter; exceedingly caustic
Proletarian
Adjective
1. pertaining or belonging to the proletariat
2. belonging to the lowest or poorest class of the people
Noun
3. a member of the proletariat
PROLETARIAT (NOUN)
1. the class of wage earners, especially those who earn their living by manual labor o
Susceptible
Adjective
1. admitting or capable of some specified treatment
2. accessible or especially liable or subject to some influence, mood, agency, etc.
3. capable of being affected emotionally; impressionable
Abyss
Noun
1. a deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity; vast chasm
2. anything profound, unfathomable, or infinite
Superfluous
Adjective
1. being more than sufficient or required; excessive
2. unnecessary or needless
Simian
Adjective
1. of or relating to an ape or monkey
2. characteristic of apes or monkeys
Pathos
Noun
1. the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity, or of sympathetic and kindly sorrow or compassion
2. pity
Pilfering
Verb
1. to steal, especially in small quantities
Ineffectual
Adjective
1. not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect
2. unavailing; futile
3. powerless; impotent
Demur
Verb
1. to make objection, especially on the grounds of scruples; take exception; object
Pretentious
Adjective
1. characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved
2. making an exaggerated outward show; ostentatious
Catechism
Noun
1.
an elementary book containing a summary of the principles of the Christian religion, especially as maintained by a particular church, in the form of questions and answers.
b. the contents of such a book
2. a similar book of instruction in other su
Disseminate
Verb
1. to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse
Tepid
Adjective
1. moderately warm; lukewarm
2. characterized by a lack of force or enthusiasm
Fecundity
Noun
1. the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
2. fruitfulness or fertility, as of the earth.
3. the capacity of abundant production
Dilapidated
Adjective
1. reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect
Austere
Adjective
1. severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding
2. rigorously self-disciplined and severely moral; ascetic; abstinent
3. grave; sober; solemn; serious
4. without excess, luxury, or ease; simple; limited; severe
5. severely
Tacitly
Adjective
1. understood without being openly expressed; implied
2. silent; saying nothing
3. unvoiced or unspoken
Inimical
Adjective
1. adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful
2. unfriendly; hostile
Pendulum
Noun
1. a body so suspended from a fixed point as to move to and fro by the action of gravity and acquired momentum.
2. Horology. a swinging lever, weighted at the lower end, for regulating the speed of a clock mechanism.
3. something that tends to move f
Avaricious
Adjective
1. characterized by avarice; greedy, covetous
Expropriated
Verb
1. to take possession of, especially for public use by the right of eminent domain, thus divesting the title of the private owner:
2. to dispossess (a person) of ownership:
3. to take (something) from another's possession for one's own use
Latent
Adjective
1. present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential
2. Pathology. (of an infectious agent or disease) remaining in an inactive or hidden phase; dormant.
3. Psychology. existing in unconscious or dormant form but potentiall
Omnipotent
Adjective
1. almighty or infinite in power, as God
2. having very great or unlimited authority or power
Noun
1. an omnipotent being
2. the Omnipotent, God
Regime
Noun
1. a mode or system of rule or government
2. a ruling or prevailing system
3. a government in power
4. the period during which a particular government or ruling system is in power
5. a regimen
Ossified
Adjective
1. hardened like or into bone
2. Slang: drunk
Wheedle
Verb
1. to endeavor to influence (a person) by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts
2. to persuade (a person) by such words or acts
3. to obtain (something) by artful persuasions
Perturbed
Verb
1. to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
2. to throw into great disorder; derange
Sanctimonious
Adjective
1. making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc.
2. holy; sacred
Insidious
Adjective
1. intended to entrap or beguile
2. stealthily treacherous or deceitful
3. operating or proceeding in an inconspicuous or seemingly harmless way but actually with grave effect
Despotisms
Noun
1. the rule of a despot; the exercise of absolute authority.
2. absolute power or control; tyranny.
3. an absolute or autocratic government.
4. a country ruled by a despot
Bludgeon
Noun
1. a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other
Verb
1. To strike or knock down with a bludgeon
2. to force into something; coerce;
bully
Digression
Noun
1. the act of digressing.
2. a passage or section that deviates from the central theme in speech or writing
DIGRESS (VERB)
1. to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument,
Malleable
Adjective
1. capable of being extended or shaped by hammering or by pressure from rollers.
2. adaptable or tractable
Torpid
Adjective
1. inactive or sluggish.
2. slow; dull; apathetic; lethargic.
3. dormant, as a hibernating or estivating animal
Frivolity
Noun
1. the quality or state of being frivolous
2. a frivolous act or thing
FRIVOLOUS (ADJECTIVE)
1. characterized by lack of seriousness or sense
2. self-indulgently carefree; unconcerned about or lacking any serious purpose.
3. (of a person) given to tr
Medley
Noun
1. a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble.
2. a piece of music combining tunes or passages from various sources
Adjective
1. mixed; mingled
Abstruse
Adjective
1. hard to understand; recondite; esoteric
2. secret; hidden