gratification
pleasure gained from satisfaction of a desire
entreaty
an earnest or humble request
portend
be a sign or warning
atrophied
withered; decayed
bohemian
a person who avoids convention in life
slop
swine’s food
emolument
salary or fees from office
admonition
gentle reproof
abduce
draw or take away
dimunition
reduction; abatement
egoistic
self-centered
egotistic
boastful
exiguity
meagerness
altruistic
devoted to welfare of others
bovine
dull
eschewed
avoided; shunned
prurient
having lustful thoughts or desires
pugnacious
inclined to quarrel
caprice
whimsicality
pusillanimity
timidity; cowardliness
pretentions
a pretext; affectations
supercilious
haughtily disdainful