Douglass Vocabulary

Odium

(noun) general or widespread hatred or disgust directed toward someone as a result of their actions.

Impudence

(noun) not showing due respect for another person; impertinent.

Commensurate

(adj.) corresponding in size or degree; in proportion.

Abhor

(verb) regard with disgust and hatred.

Divest

(verb) deprive (someone) of power, rights, or possessions.

Rapture

(noun) a feeling of intense pleasure or joy.

Intimation

(noun) an indication or hint.

Misnomer

(noun) a wrong or inaccurate name or designation; a wrong or inaccurate use of a name or term.

Sagacity

(noun) the quality of being sagacious (having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment)

Supposition

(noun) an uncertain belief.

Infernal

(adj.) relating to or characteristic of hell or the underworld

Evince

(verb) 1. To reveal the presence of (a quality of feeling) 2. Be evidence of; indicate

Fiendish

(adjective) 1. Extremely cruel or unpleasant; devilish

Obdurate

(adj.) stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action.

Pernicious

(adj.) highly destructive, harmful

Gallant

(adj.) (of a person or their behavior) brave; heroic.

Dissipation

(noun) 1. An act of self indulgence 2. the squandering of money, energy, or resources

Perpetrate

(verb) carry out or commit a harmful, illegal, or immoral action.

Avail

(verb) 1. Help or benefit 2. Use or take advantage of (an opportunity or available resource)

Myriad

(noun) 1. a countless or extremely great number 2. (chiefly in classical history) a unit of ten thousand