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Enamour
to cause to feel a strong or excessive fascination
Sacrilege
gross irreverence toward a hallowed person, place or thing
Desecrate
to violate the sanctity of something
Heretic
one who differs in opinion from an accepted belief or doctrine, often religious
Foible
a minor flaw or shortcoming in character or behaviour
Flippant
lacking proper respect or seriousness
Expectorate
to eject from the throat or lungs by coughing and hawking or spitting
Excavate
to dig out and remove
Dubious
giving rise to uncertainty
Dogmatic
characterised by or given to expressions of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts
Divulge
to make known, often regarding information meant to be kept secret or shared in confidence
Discursive
moving from topic to topic without order
Desultory
marked by lack of a definite plan, regularity or purpose
Degenerate
having sunk to a lower and usually corrupt or vicious state
Defraud
to deprive of something by deception or fraud
Cursory
rapidly and often superficially performed or produced
Culpable
meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful
Cosmos
an orderly, harmonious, systematic universe
Contagion
a contagious influence, quality or nature
Cataclysm
a momentous and violent event marked by overwhelming upheaval and demolition
Candor
unreserved, honest or sincere expression
Candid
marked by honest sincere expression
Cadence
the beat, time or measure of rhythm or activity
Bellicose
inclined to start quarrels or wars
Beatitude
a state of utmost bliss
Autonomy
quality or state of being self-governing or self-reliant
Autocracy
the authority or rule of an autocrat
Aura
a distinctive atmosphere surrounding a given source
Assimilate
to take into the mind and thoroughly understand
Apotheosis
peak