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Abomination
an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence; a person who is loathsome or disgusting; hate coupled with disgust
Abrogation
an official or legal cancellation
Adamant
impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason;noun very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
Ameliorate
get better
Anarchy
state of lawlessness and disorder
Antagonistic
Arousing hostility or animosity
Autocratic
offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
Begrudge
wish ill or allow unwillingly
Citadel
a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during battle
Congeries
a sum total of many mixed things taken together
Calumny
an abusive attack on a persons character or good name
Contentious
involving or likely to cause controversy
Crucible
a vessel made of material that does not melt easily
Defamation
a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someones words or actions
Deposition
the act of desposing someone
Diabolism
the worship of devils
Effrontery
arrogant behavior that you have no right to
Enraptured
Feeling great rapture or delight
Faction
a rebel clique
Ideology
imaginary or visionary theoriation
Inculcation
teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition
Inert
slow and apathetic
Inferential
based on interpretation
Iniquity
absence of moral or spiritual values
Innate
present at birth but not necessarily hereditary
Klatch
A social gathering
Lascivious
driven by lust
Lechery
unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity
Licentious
lacking moral discipline, especially sexually unrestrined
Malevolence
the quality of threatening evil, wishing evil to others
Parochial
relating to or supported by or located in a parish
Perverse
marked by immorality, deviating from what is considered right or proper or good
Predilection
a strong liking
Prodigious
so great in size or force or extent as to provoke awe
Propitiation
the act of compensating for sin or wrongdoing
Providence
the guardianship and control exercised by a religion
Quail
small game bird, to draw back with fear or pain
Reprimand
an act or expression of criticism
Sidle
move sideways
Smirch
an act that brings discredit to a person who does it
Subservient
compliant and obedient to authority
Succubi
a female demon believed to have sex with sleeping men
Theocracy
the belief in government by religious guidance
Titillated
feeling mild pleasurable excitement
Trepidation
a feeling of alarm or dread
Vengeful
disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge
Vindictive
showing malicious ill will and desire to hurt
Wilted
not firm
Yeomanry
a British volunteer calvary force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army
Trafficked
DEAL OR TRADE IN SOMETHING ILLEGAL