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Pernicious
- adjective
- 1.
- causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- 2.
- deadly; fatal: a pernicious disease.
- 3.
- Obsolete . evil; wicked.
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Fatuous
- adjective
- 1.
- foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly.
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Writhe
- noun
- verb (used without object)
- 1.
- to twist the body about, or squirm, as in pain, violent effort, etc.
- 2.
- to shrink mentally, as in acute discomfort.
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Incredulous
- adjective
- 1.
- not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- 2.
- indicating or showing unbelief: an incredulous smile.
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Furtive
- adjective
- 1.
- taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance.
- 2.
- sly; shifty: a furtive manner.
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Interminable
- adjective
- 1.
- incapable of being terminated; unending: an interminable job.
- 2.
- monotonously or annoyingly protracted or continued; unceasing; incessant: I can't stand that interminable clatter.
- 3.
- having no limits: an interminable desert.
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Obliquely
- adverb
- in a slanting or sloping manner or direction.
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Acute
- adjective
- 1.
- sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- 2.
- extremely great or serious; crucial; critical: an acute shortage of oil.
- 3.
- (of disease) brief and severe ( opposed to chronic).
- 4.
- sharp or penetrating in intellect, insight, or perception: an acute observer.
- 5.
- extremely sensitive even to slight details or impressions: acute eyesight.
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Obtuse
- adjective
- 1.
- not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
- 2.
- not sharp, acute, or pointed; blunt in form.
- 3.
- (of a leaf, petal, etc.) rounded at the extremity.
- 4.
- indistinctly felt or perceived, as pain or sound.
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Febrile
- adjective
- pertaining to or marked by fever; feverish.
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Labyrinth
- noun
- 1.
- an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit.
- 2.
- a maze of paths bordered by high hedges, as in a park or garden, for the amusement of those who search for a way out.
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Obfuscate
- verb (used with object), -cat·ed, -cat·ing.
- 1.
- to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- 2.
- to make obscure or unclear: to obfuscate a problem with extraneous information.
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Primeval
- adjective
- of or pertaining to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
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Salubrious
- adjective
- favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.
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Beseech
- verb (used with object)
- 1.
- to implore urgently: They besought him to go at once.
- 2.
- to beg eagerly for; solicit.
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