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amenable
(adj.) willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to be held responsible
berate
(v.) to scold sharply
carnage
(n.) large-scale slaughter or loss of life
credulous
(adj.) too ready to believe, easily deceived
criterion
(n.) a rule, test; a standard for judgment or evaluation
deplete
(v.) to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly
expatiate
to expand on, write or talk at length or indetail; to move about freely
extraneous
(adj.) coming from the outside, foreign; present but not essential, irrelevant
inception
(n.) the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc.
infirmity
(n.) a weakness or ailment (physical, mental, moral, etc.)
jejune
(adj.) lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile
obdurate
(adj.) stubborn, unyielding
potpourri
(n.) A collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petals mixed with spices for scent
precocious
(adj.) showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity)
sadistic
(adj.) delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel
sententious
(adj.) self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages; saying much n few words, pithy
supplicate
(v.) to beg earnestly and humbly
surfeit
(n.) an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust; (v.) to feed or supply with anything to excess
tortuous
(adj.) winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious
turgid
(adj.) swollen, bloated, filled ot excess; overdecorated or excessive in language
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