Berate- to scold sharply

Carnage- Large-scale slaughter or loss of life

Credulous- Too ready to believe, easily deceived

Criterion- A rule, test; a standard for judgment or evaluation

Deplete- To use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly

Expatiate- to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely

Extraneous- coming from the outside, foreign; present but not essential, irrelevant

Inception- the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc...

Infirmity- a weakness or ailment (physical, mental, moral, etc.)

Jejune- lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile

Obdurate- stubborn, unyielding

Potpourri- A collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petals mixed with spices for scent

Precocious- showing unusually early development (esp in talents or mental capability)

Sadistic- Delighting in cruelty, excessive cruelty

Sententious- Self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages; saying much in few words, pithy

Supplicate- to beg earnestly and humbly

Surfeit- an excessive or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust; to feed or supply with anything to excess

Tortuous- Winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious

Turgid- swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive in language