| 1 : to cast off : discard 2 : to relinquish (as sovereign power) formally | | |
| removed or distant either physically or emotionally | | |
| intrepidly daring : adventurous; recklessly bold | | |
| a store of useful assets or advantages | | |
| to gain by turning something to advantage : profit | | |
| to surrender often after negotiation of terms | | |
| to cut off the head of : behead | | |
| having the power or quality of deciding: resolute, determined | | |
| not permitted : unlawful | | |
| occurring by chance OR fortunate, lucky | | |
| to utter injuriously misleading or false reports about : speak evil of | | |
| arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful | | |
a claim made or implied ; especially : one not supported by fact OR
professed rather than real intention or purpose : pretext | | |
| bitter deep-seated ill will | | |
| to reject or criticize sharply : snub | | |
| to handle (as a tool) especially effectively OR to exert one's authority by means of | | |
one that is cursed by ecclesiastical authority OR (more likely) someone or
something intensely disliked or loathed | | |
| pretentious inflated speech or writing | | |
a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action b: a sudden
usually unpredictable condition | | |
| conspicuous; especially : conspicuously bad : flagrant | | |
| an obscure speech or writing OR something hard to understand or explain | | |
| to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun | | |
| requiring immediate aid or action; urgent | | |
| fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific | | |
| constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied | | |
an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or
accompanying the onset of an illness | | |
| a curse | | |
| wanting harm to befall others | | |
| tending to produce death or deterioration | | |
| shrewdness, perceptiveness | | |
| the culminating or highest point : acme | | |
| an error in chronology ; especially : a chronological misplacing of items | | |
| having a circular or winding course | | |
secret, occult OR having or seeming to have a hidden or ambiguous
meaning : mysterious | | |
| extensive knowledge acquired chiefly from books | | |
| to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede | | |
marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment
of details | | |
| to make obscure OR to be evasive, unclear, or confusing | | |
| to be pleased or gratified by: enjoy | | |
| to refuse to have anything to do with : disown: to reject as untrue or unjust | | |
| arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination | | |
| to form a notion of from scanty evidence | | |
| passing especially quickly into and out of existence | | |
| existing or being everywhere at the same time: widespread | | |
| to make legally valid : ratify OR to support or corroborate on a sound or authoritative basis | | |
| to lower in estimation or importance | | |
| to free from allegation or blame OR to provide justification or defense | | |