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Nefarious

Adjective
Meaning

• extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous:

obdurate

Adjective
Meaning

• unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
• stubbornly resistant to moral influence; persistently impenitent:

obfuscate

verb
meaning

• to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
• to make obscure or unclear:

Maudlin

Adjective
Meaning

• tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental:
• foolishly or mawkishly sentimental because of drunkenness.

Palliate

Verb
Meaning

• to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.
• to try to mitigate or conceal the gravity of (an offense) by excuses, apologies, etc.; extenuate.