predicament - a difficult situation

interminable - endless

unorthodox - unconventional

refute - to disprove

inscrutable - impossible to understand

reverberate - to echo

reproach - an expression of disapproval

disdain - feeling that someone is unworthy of respect, scorn, contempt

repudiate - to refuse to accept

multifarious - many various types

venerate - to regard with great respect

officious - assertive in an annoying way, overbearing

sordid - dirty, squalid, sleazy

listless - lacking energy

stagnant - still, motionless

demeanor - behavior, attitude

commodity - a valuable thing

indignation - annoyance provoked by unfair treatment

mutable - variable, changing

intermittent - not continuous

malignant - hostile, malicious

guise - likeness, semblance

stratum - level, layer

dapple - to mark with spots

procure - to obtain, to acquire