front 1 pernicious | back 1 ![]() highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
front 2 transgression | back 2 ![]() infringement or violation of a law, command, or duty |
front 3 grievance | back 3 ![]() : a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
front 4 solemnity | back 4 ![]() : formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
front 5 posterity | back 5 1: the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation 2: all future generations |
front 6 valiant | back 6 possessing or acting with bravery or boldness : courageous |
front 7 importune | back 7 to request or beg for urgently |
front 8 esteem | back 8 the regard in which one is held |
front 9 partisan | back 9 a weapon of the 16th and 17th centuries with long shaft and broad blade |
front 10 chaste | back 10 pure in thought and act : modest |
front 11 profane | back 11 : to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
front 12 foreswear | back 12 1: to reject or renounce under oath 2: to deny under oath |
front 13 languish | back 13 1: to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated 2: to be or live in a state of depression or decreasing vitality 3: to become dispirited |
front 14 augment | back 14 to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
front 15 fray | back 15 a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
front 16 portentous | back 16 : being a grave or serious matter |
front 17 heretics | back 17 one who differs in opinion from an accepted belief or doctrine |
front 18 tyrannous | back 18 unjustly severe |
front 19 gall | back 19 brazen boldness often with brash self-confidence |
front 20 nuptials | back 20 of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony |