a
to be kidnapped / to kidnap
abduct(ed)
to steal money from illegally or in a fraudulent manner
bilk
tremendous noise, disharmonious sound
cacophony
debacle
disastrous failure
disheartened
feeling a loss of spirit or morale (
horrible condition or sincerity (in words)
abject
blandish
coax or distract someone by overusing flattery
improve or refine
cultivate
defamatory
harmful toward another’s reputation
corroborate
to support with evidence
abase
to be humiliated
buffet
to strike with force
criteria
standards in which something is judged
skillful, capable
deft
surrogate
one acting in place of another
insult
to polish or shine
burnish
rudely short
curt
to lower the status or stature of something
demean
sovereign
having absolute authority
A cursed person
anathema
benign
mild or not threatening
cursory
going over something so quickly without being checked for details
derivative
taken directly from a source, unoriginal
not generous
stingy