[a person who believes in using rules and punishments for controlling people.]
toady
[ˈtō-dē]
[A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage or an obsequious lackey or minion]
dabbler
[ˈda-b(ə-)lər]
[one not deeply engaged in or concerned with something.]
provocative
[prə-ˈvä-kə-tiv]
[(obsolescent) Something that provokes an appetite, especially a sexual appetite; an aphrodisiac.]
phobia
[ˈfō-bē-ə]
[An irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something).]
obedience
[ō-ˈbē-dē-ən(t)s]
[The quality of being obedient.]
quarrelsome
[ˈkwȯr(-ə)l-səm]
[Argumentative; fond of or prone to quarreling.]
fulfilled
[fu̇(l)-ˈfild]
[To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).]
vent
[ˈvent]
[to express a negative emotion in a forceful and often unfair way.]
seething
[ˈsē-ṯẖiŋ]
[extremely angry but unable or unwilling to express it clearly.]
arbitrary
[ˈär-bə-ˌtrer-ē]
[using unlimited personal power without considering other people's rights or wishes.]
tyrannical
[tə-ˈra-ni-kəl]
[using power or authority over people in an unfair and cruel way.]
deviation
[ˌdē-vē-ˈā-shən]
[The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road]
cater
[ˈkā-tər]
[to supply what is required or desired.]
ward
[ˈwȯrd]
[a division of a city for representative, electoral, or administrative purposes.]
heeler
[ˈhē-lər]
[a worker for a local party organization.]
cultivate
[ˈkəl-tə-ˌvāt]
[If you cultivate a relationship, you make a special effort to establish and develop it, because you think it might be useful to you.]
opportune
[ˌä-pər-ˈtün]
[Suitable for some particular purpose.]
superficial
[ˌsü-pər-ˈfi-shəl]
[(chiefly in plural) A surface detail.]
battle-ax
[ˈba-tᵊl-ˌaks]
[a frightening and unpleasant older woman with strong opinions.]
shrewish
[ˈshrü-ish]
[Of or pertaining to a shrew (a nagging, ill-tempered woman).]
stevedore
[ˈstē-və-ˌdȯr]
[A dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo, or in supervising such work.]
fishwife
[ˈfish-ˌwīf]
[an offensive word for a woman who you think has a loud voice and bad manners.]
mileage
[ˈmī-lij]
[The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.]
affiliation
[ə-ˌfi-lē-ˈā-shən]
[The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.]
fanatic
[fə-ˈna-tik]
[A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause, especially in religion.]
zeal
[ˈzēl]
[great enthusiasm or eagerness.]
distraction
[di-ˈstrak-shən]
[the state of being very bored or annoyed.]
revere
[ri-ˈvir]
[to very much respect and admire someone or something.]
superstition
[ˌsü-pər-ˈsti-shən]
[A belief or beliefs, not based on human reason or scientific knowledge, that events may be influenced by one's behaviour in some magical or mystical way.]
ethic
[ˈe-thik]
[A set of principles of right and wrong behaviour guiding, or representative of, a specific culture, society, group, or individual.]
budge
[ˈbəj]
[to change your opinion or to make someone change their opinion.]
wanton
[ˈwȯn-tᵊn]
[causing harm or damage deliberately and for no acceptable reason.]
imminent
[ˈi-mə-nənt]
[(especially of something unpleasant) likely to happen very soon.]
efface
[i-ˈfās]
[to behave in a modest way and treat the good things that you have achieved as if they are not important, often because you do not have much confidence.]
scoff
[ˈskäf]
[Derision; ridicule; a derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.]