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amenable
adj. willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to be held responsible
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berate
v. to scold sharply
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carnage
n. large-scale slaughter or loss of life
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credulous
adj. to ready to believe, easily deceived
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criterion
n. a rule, test; a standard for judgment or evaluation
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deplete
v. to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly
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expatiate
v. to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely
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extraneous
adj. coming from the outside, foreign; present but not essential, irrelevant
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inception
n. the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution
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infirmity
n. a weakness or ailment (physical, mental, moral)
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jejune
adj. lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile
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obdurate
adj. stubborn, unyielding
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potpourri
n. a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petals mixed with spices for scent
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precocious
adj. showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity)
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sadistic
adj. delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel
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sententious
adj. self-righteous characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages; saying much in few words, pithy
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supplicate
v. to beg earnestly and humbly
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surfeit
n. an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust; v. to feed or supply with anything to excess
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tortuous
adj. winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious
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turgid
adj. swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive language
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