Born a Crime vocabulary

nimble

quick and light in movement

catharsis

a release of emotional tension

slog

to walk or plod heavily; to toil

proxy

Agent, substitute, person authorized to act on behalf of another

haranguing

lecture (someone) at length in an aggressive and critical manner

viable

practicable, possible, capable of developing

compendium

collection, set

incoherent

illogical; doesn't make sense; confusing

ramifications

results, consequences

atrocities

cruelties; evils; barbaric acts

expatriate

someone who chooses to live outside of, or renounce, his or her native country; emigrant

prodigal

wasteful; reckless; uncontrolled

quell

to calm or pacify

impimpis

secret informers; "anonymous snitches"

pejoratively

negatively, derogatively

aspirational

having a desire to succeed

boisterous

loud, rowdy

eccentric

unique, peculiar, odd

pugilistic

fighting, boxing

preconceptions

ideas one already has, biases, prejudices

pandemonium

mass chaos; mayhem

anomaly

an irregularity

dilapidated

run-down, shabby

ostensibly

supposedly, allegedly

furtively

secretively, cautiously

voracious

insatiable; ravenous

missives

letters, notifications

malicious

evil; hateful; cruel

animosity

hostility; hatred

dismally

drearily; bleakly; drably

arbitrary

random choice; erratic; whim instead of logic

lavishly

excessively; done without restraint

contentious

argumentative; controversial; touchy

ostracism

exclusion; snubbing, isolation

disavow

disown; reject; renounce

affinity

like-mindedness; kinship; similarity

mogul

powerful person in business

matriculate

enrolled in college or university

lithe

flexible; agile

atrocity

crime; cruelty; evil

meticulous

thorough; extremely detailed

palatial

extravagant; grand

dissipate

scatter; disperse

placid

calm; peaceful

posturing

actions to impress or deceive

berating

scolding; criticizing

unconscionable

appalling; unthinkable

euphemism

a better sounding word

decimated

destroyed; ruined

surrogate

replacement; subsitute

patronizing

belittling; demeaning

condescending

belittling; demeaning

flabbergasted

surprised; dumbfounded

escalate

intensify; increase; heighten

sporadic

random; periodic; irregular

reconciled

resolved; settled; come to terms with

stoic

indifferent; apathetic; unemotional