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Penurious
Adjective
Meaning
- extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
- extremely poor; destitute; indigent.
- poorly or inadequately supplied; lacking in means or resources.
Pernicious
Adjective
Meaning
- causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful:
- deadly, fatal
Idolatry
Noun
Meaning
- The religious worship of idols.
- Excessive or blind adoration, reverence, devotion, etc.
Predicament
Noun
Meaning
- An unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation.
- A class or category of logical or philosophical predication.
Ghoulish
Adjective
Meaning
- strangely diabolical or cruel; monstrous
- showing fascination with death, disease, maiming, etc. morbid,