act of cleansing
ablution
Reprove; accuse; condemn
denounce
process occurring by regular degrees or stages; variation in color
gradation
trickery
legerdemain
difficult situation
predicament
to hit as with a short, heavy, club
bludgeon
Confidential; personal; private; privileged
esoteric
invincible; invulnerable; unable to be captured or entered
impregnable
Venomous; spiteful: malignant
malevolent
weighty, heavy, large
ponderous
fortification, stronghold
bastion
Quarrelsome; contentious; argumentative
disputatious
powerless, ineffective, lacking strength
impotent
black magic
necromancy
next to last
penultimate
self-control, self-restraint
continence
Dullness; boredom; monotony
ennui
unable to move, tending to inactivity
inert
to express an opinion
opine
sleight of hand
prestidigitation
Cantankerous person
curmudgeon
to give off bubbles of gas, as in soda and sparkling water
effervesce
to negate or nullify
invalidate
cure-all
panacea
boxing
pugilism