derelict, remiss, infirm

Hannah P. (United States of America)
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  1. derelict
    a person without a home, job, or property
  2. remiss
    failing in what duty requires
  3. infirm
    lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
  4. knave
    a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
  5. varlet
    a youth acting as a knight's attendant
  6. pariah
    a person who is rejected from society or home
  7. reprobate
    a person without moral scruples
  8. miscreant
    a person without moral scruples
  9. scruple
    an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
  10. scruple
    an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
  11. cad
    someone who is morally reprehensible
  12. blackguard
    someone who is morally reprehensible
  13. cur
    an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
  14. adjure
    command solemnly
  15. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  16. miasma
    an unwholesome atmosphere
  17. miasma
    an unwholesome atmosphere
  18. portent
    a sign of something about to happen
  19. portend
    indicate by signs
  20. augur
    predict from an omen
Created on Wed Jul 22 03:48:27 EDT 2009

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