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to mock, treat with contempt
flout (v.)
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To adorn or embellish; display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely
blazon (v.)
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to steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts
filch
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to free from entanglements or difficulties: remove with effort
extricate
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To predict, esp. on the basis of present indications or signs, fortoken
prognosticate (v)
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To whip, punish, severly
scourge
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Tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary: unpredictable
fractious (adj)
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fair, just, embodying principles of justice
equitable (adj)
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Self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule
axiomatic (adj)
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tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy
soporific
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bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm
scathing (adj)
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not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity
unwieldy (adj)
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dull, uninteresting, tiresome, lacking in sharpness or flavor, liveliness or force
vapid (adj)
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funerial, typical of a tomb, extremely gloomy or dismal
sepulchral (adj)
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beneficial, helpful, healthy, wholesome
salutary (adj)
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extremely strict in regards to moral standards and concepts, prudish, puritanical
straitlaced (adj)
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lasting only for a short time
transient
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something that induces sleep, a drug or agent of this kind
soporific (n)
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a rule of conduct or action
precept (n)
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a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discouraged behavior
caveat (n)
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self government, political control,
autonmy (n)
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an addition or supplement designed to increase correctness, completeness, or currency.
addendum (n)
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a general pardon for an offense against the government; in general, any act of forgiveness
amnesty (n)
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