List 2 - F451

• fugitive


  
  

  A person who flees or tries to escape; running away or intending flight; moving from place to place; of short duration
• incessantly


  
  

  In an unceasing manner; without interruption or relief
• invigorate


  
  

  To give life or energy to something
• perfunctory


  
  

  Characterized by routine or superficiality; lacking in interest or enthusiasm
• avenge


  To take vengeance for something or on behalf of someone; to exact satisfaction for a wrongdoing by punishing the offender
• beatific


  
  

  Having a blissful appearance; saintly; granting bliss, peace, happiness
• chaff


  
  

  Discarded or useless material; good-natured teasing or exchanging of clever remarks; to make fun of in a good-natured way
• desolation


  
  

  The act of destroying land, populations, etc. or the state of being destroyed or devastated; ruin; grief, sadness; loneliness
• distill


  
  

  To extract the essential meaning or most important aspects of; purify (a liquid) by successive evaporation and condensation
• grotesque


  
  

  Odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures
• hone


  
  

  To sharpen or smooth with a whetstone; to make more acute, intense, or effective
• insidious


  
  

  Intended to trap or trick; stealthily treacherous or deceitful; developing gradually in an inconspicuous and seemingly harmless way but resulting in serious effect
• juggernaut


  
  

  Any large, overpowering force or object, such as war, a giant battleship, or a powerful sports team; anything requiring blind devotion or cruel sacrifice
• mediocre


  
  

  Of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance
• parry


  
  

  To ward off a weapon or blow; to evade or turn aside something
• penance


  
  

  A punishment or sacrifice undertaken in order to repent and pay for a sin or offense
• perpetual


  
  

  Continuing forever
• quaver


  
  

  To shake tremulously; to quiver or tremble; to sound, speak, or sing in a tremulous manner
• squander


  
  

  To spend extravagantly or foolishly; to cause to disperse; to lose an opportunity or advantage through negligence or inaction
• torrent


  
  

  A violent or forceful flow of fluid; a heavy downpour of rain; a rushing, violent or abundant and unceasing stream of anything