12/06/07

Fragile

.	easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.

2.	vulnerably delicate, as in appearance: She has a fragile beauty.

3.	lacking in substance or force; flimsy: a fragile excuse.

Quarry

1.	an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.

2.	an abundant source or supply.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to obtain (stone) from or as if from a quarry.

4.	to make a quarry in.

insolence

1.	contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech.

2.	the quality or condition of being insolent.

vicious

1.	addicted to or characterized by vice; grossly immoral; depraved; profligate: a vicious life.

2.	given or readily disposed to evil: a vicious criminal.

3.	reprehensible; blameworthy; wrong: a vicious deception.

4.	spiteful; malicious: vicious gossip; a vicious attack.

5.	unpleasantly severe: a vicious headache.

6.	characterized or marred by faults or defects; faulty; unsound: vicious reasoning.

7.	savage; ferocious: They all feared his vicious temper.

8.	(of an animal) having bad habits or a cruel or fierce disposition: a vicious bull.

9.	Archaic. morbid, foul, or noxious.

estrangement

1.	to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of: Their quarrel estranged the two friends.

2.	to remove to or keep at a distance: The necessity for traveling on business has estranged him from his family.

3.	to divert from the original use or possessor.

Despise
to regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; scorn; loathe.

Ferocious

1.	savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.

2.	extreme or intense: a ferocious thirst.