1An essential point requiring resolution or resolving an outcome
Crux
2Having great diversity or variety
Multifarious
3Combatitive; quarrelsome
Pugnacious
4Dream, musing, state of being lost in thought
Reverie
5Tending to irritate; repellent
Rebarbative
6To speak evil of; to defame, to slander
Malign
7To make twisting or turning movements; contort the body, as in agony; squirm
Writhe
8State of disuse; uselessness
Desuetude
9Pleasing or sweet in sound; smooth-sound
Euphonious
10Trembling agitation or fear
Trepidation
11Characterized by or expressing good will or kindly feelings; desiring to help others; charitable
Benevolent
12Cutting: incisive; having a sharp point
Trenchant
13Severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding; grave; sober; solemn; serious
Austere
14Displaying fierceness; savage; cruel; defiant
Truculent
15Anger or scorn aroused by something felt to be unfair, unworthy, or wrong
Indignation
16A tendency to gloominess or depression: a sad thoughtful state of mind; persiveness
Melancholy
17The purging of emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, especially through certain kinds of art
Catharsis
18Cloudy; disturbed, muddy
Turbid
19An act or instance of destroying land, population, or community
Desolation
20Causing fear, apprehension, or dread
Formidable
21To bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master; to make submissive or subservient; enslave
Subjugate
22Characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious
Clandestine
23Comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort
Solace
24To remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possesion of (a person or persons)
Deprive
25To rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed
Transcend