week 20

Reviled

Scolded (criticize, censure, condemn)

Derogatory

Belittling, disparaging (downgrade, play down)

Indict

Accuse (charge with, accuse of, arraign for)

Nebulous

Unclear, vague (, ill-defined, uncertain)

Pesky

Annoying (nettlesome, troublesome, vexing)

Left holding the bag

To be left to suffer the blame

Redolent

Fragrant (smelling of, scented with, perfumed with)

Repose

State of rest (inactivity, stillness)

Omnivorous

Eating any kind of food (able to eat anything, all-devouring)

Disparate

Different (dissimilar, unlike, unalike)

Abstemious

Moderate in eating or drinking (temperate, abstinent, austere)

A lick and a promise

To do something in a hasty and superficial manner

Extant

Still existing (surviving, remaining, abiding)

Vicissitudes

Difficulties (change, /alternation between opposite or contrasting things)

Edifice

A building (structure, monument)

Sultry

Extremely hot and moist, torrid (humid, close/ can be used as a synonym for a sexually suggestive woman as well)

Trenchant

Keen, incisive* (vigorous in expression or style)

Tongue in cheek

Insincerely

Puissant

Powerful (having great power or influence)

Unabated

Without subsiding (ceaseless, constant)

Maudlin

Sentimental (emotional, tearful)

Levity

Lightness of disposition (the treatment of a serious matter with humour or lack of due respect.)

Lugubrious

Very sad (mournful, gloomy, sorrowful)

To take the wind out of one's sails

To remove someone's advantage