defile

dfl/
verb
1.

damage the purity or appearance of; mar or spoil.

"the land was defiled by a previous owner"
synonyms:
spoil, sully, mar, impair, debase, degrade; More

desecrate or profane (something sacred).

"the tomb had been defiled and looted"
synonyms:
desecrate, profane, violate, treat sacrilegiously; More

archaic
rape or sexually assault (a woman).
"and the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their
whoredom"

desecrate
dskret/

verb
1.

treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect.

"more than 300 graves were desecrated"
synonyms: violate, profane, treat sacrilegiously, treat with disrespect; More
spoil (something which is valued or respected).
"many lanes are desecrated with yellow lines"
impudent

mpjd()nt/

adjective

1.

not showing due respect for another person; impertinent.

"he could have strangled this impudent upstart"
synony impertinent, insolent, cheeky, audacious, brazen, shameless, immodest,pert
ms
;
presumptuous, forward, disrespectful, insubordinate, irreverent,flippant, bu
mptious, brash, bold, bold as brass;
rude, impolite, ill-mannered, bad-mannered, unmannerly, discourteous, insul
ting, ill-bred;
informalfresh, cocky, brass-necked, saucy, lippy, mouthy, flip;
informalsassy, nervy;
archaicmalapert, contumelious
"these impudent youngsters"

malleable:

easily influenced; pliable.

"they are as malleable and easily led as sheep"
syno easily
nyms influenced, suggestible, susceptible, impressionable, amenable,cooperative, a
:
daptable, compliant, pliable, tractable, accommodating;More

immure

mj,mj/

verb

past tense: immured; past participle: immured

1.

enclose or confine (someone) against their will.

"her brother was immured in a lunatic asylum"

tenuo tenuous
us
tnjs/

adjective
very weak or slight.
"the tenuous link between interest rates and investment"
synon slight, insubstantial, flimsy, negligible, weak, fragile, shaky, sketchy,d
yms: oubtful, dubious, questionable, suspect; More

very slender or fine; insubstantial.

"a tenuous cloud"
synonyms: fine, thin, slender, attenuated, delicate, gossamer, fragile
"a tenuous thread"

pre-empt

primpt/
verb
3rd person present: preempts
1.

1.
take action in order to prevent (an anticipated event) happening; forestall.
"the government pre-empted a coup attempt"
synony forestall, prevent;
ms:
steal a march on, anticipate, get in before;

informalget one's retaliation in first

"he seized on the claims, determined to preempt any political criticism of
his government"
o

2.

2.
acquire or appropriate (something) in advance.
"many tables were already pre-empted by family parties"
synony commandeer, take possession of, occupy, seize, arrogate, appropriate,take
ms:
over, take, acquire, secure, reserve
"many tables were already pre-empted by family parties"

contingency

kntnd()nsi/

noun
1.

a future event or circumstance which is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty.
"a detailed contract which attempts to provide for all possible contingencies"
synony eventuality, (chance)
ms:
event, incident, happening, occurrence, juncture,possibility, accident, chan
ce, emergency;
uncertainty;
rarefortuity
"a detailed contract which attempts to provide for all possible
contingencies"

a provision for a possible event or circumstance.

"stores were kept as a contingency against a blockade"

an incidental expense.
"allow an extra fifteen per cent on the budget for contingencies"

sensorium
snsrm/

noun
1. the sensory apparatus or faculties considered as a whole.
"virtual reality technology directed at recreating the human sensorium"

phantasmagoria
fantazmr,-r/
noun
1. a sequence of real or imaginary images like that seen in a dream.
"what happened next was a phantasmagoria of horror and mystery"

gruelling
rl/
adjective
1. extremely tiring and demanding.
"a gruelling schedule"
synony exhausting, tiring, fatiguing, wearying, enervating, taxing, draining,sapping,

ms:

debilitating;
demanding, exacting, trying, difficult, hard, arduous,laborious, backbreaking, strenuous, harsh, severe, stif, punishing,crushing, crippling, grindi
ng, brutal, relentless, unsparing;
informalkilling,murderous, hellish;
informalknackering;
rareexigent
"he undertook a gruelling three-mile run"

obnoxious
bnks/

1.

adjective
extremely unpleasant.
"obnoxious odours"

contentious
kntns/

adjective
1. causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial.
"a contentious issue"
synony controversial, disputable, debatable, disputed, contended, open to
ms:
question/debate, moot, vexed; More

involving heated argument.

"the socio-economic plan had been the subject of contentious debate"

synonyms: heated, vehement, fierce, violent, intense, impassioned, committed
"a contentious debate"
o

(of a person) given to provoking argument.

conscientious

knns/

adjective
1.

1.
wishing to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly.
"a conscientious man, he took his duties very seriously"
syno diligent, industrious, punctilious, painstaking, sedulous, assiduous,dedicated,
nyms careful, meticulous, thorough, attentive, laborious, hard-working, ultra:
careful, persevering, unflagging, searching, close,minute, accurate, correct, st
udious, rigorous, particular; More

2.

2.
relating to a person's conscience.
"the individual is denied even the opportunity to break the law on conscientious grounds"