1. Lacking in freshness or in originality. 

1. Not tamed. Wild in appearance. Having a worn or emaciated appearance: Gaunt. An intractable person. 

1. To cut roughly or clumsily: HACK. To annoy or exhaust with wrangling. BARGAIN, WRANGLE. An act of negotiating or arguing over the terms of purchase, agreement, or contract: an instance of haggling or bargaining. 

1. Characterized by happiness, great success, or prosperity: GOLDEN → often used to describe an idyllic time that happened in the past that is remembered as better than today. 

1. Free from defect, disease, or infirmity: SOUND. also : retaining exceptional health and vigor. HAUL, PULL. To compel to go. 

HOLY, CONSECRATED. SACRED, REVERED.

Having no luck: UNFORTUNATE.

1. A speech addressed to the public assembly. A ranting speech or writing. LECTURE. 

1. Something that foreshadows a future event: something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come next. One that initiates a major change: a person or thing that originates or helps open up a new activity, method, or technology: PIONEER. A person sent ahead to provide lodgings. 

Beset by problems: HARASSED

Acutely distressing or painful

1. To move or act quickly. To encourage to move or act quickly: to urge on. To cause to happen more quickly: ACCELERATE. 

1. Bluntly and disdainfully proud: having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things to be perceived as inferior. 

1. ARROGANCE, HAUGHTINESS. 

1. Head first. Without deliberation: RECKLESSLY. Without pause or delay. SLEEP, PRECIPITOUS. Lacking in calmness or restraint: PRECIPITATE. Plunging headfirst. 

1. To harass or try to disconcert with questions, challenges, or gibes: BADGER. 

Not taking heed: INCONSIDERATE, THOUGHTLESS.

A person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure.

Preponderant influence or authority over others: DOMINATION. The social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group.

Hatefully or shockingly evil: ABOMINABLE.

1. A lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering broadly: the entire apparatus for a steering ship. A position of control: HEAD. CONTROL. 

1. A copious or heavy discharge of blood from the blood vessels. A rapid and uncontrollable loss or outflow. 

1. To give notice of: ANNOUNCE. To greet especially with enthusiasm: HAIL.  PUBLICIZE. To signal the approach of: FORESHADOW. 

1. Of relating to, or characteristics of Hercules. Of extraordinary power, extent, intensity, or difficulty. 

1. Adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma. Denial of a revealed truth by a baptized member of the Roman Catholic Church. An opinion or doctrine contrary to church dogma. Dissent or deviation from a dominant theory, opinion, or practice. An opinion, doctrine, or practice contrary to the truth or to generally accepted beliefs or standards. 

1. Of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. And attributed to Hermes Trismegistus. Relating to or characterized by subjects that are mysterious and difficult to understand: relating to or characterized by occultism or abstruseness: RECONDITE. AIRTIGHT. Imperious to external influence. RECLUSE, SOLITARY. 

Contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion: UNORTHODOX, UNCONVENTIONAL. Holding unorthodox opinions or doctrines.

1. Consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents: MIXED. 

1. Involving or serving as an aid to learning, discovery, or problem-solving by experimental and especially trial-and-error methods. Of or relating to exploratory problem-solving techniques that utilize self-educating techniques to improve performance. Argument. Method or procedure.