remiss - failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations (e.g. we'd be remiss not to mention how the greens trees looked...)

ramification - branching, the act of branching, complication, a development that complicates a situation
conviction - an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence, a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
innocuous - not injurious to physical or mental health, innocent

inane - asinine - void of intelligence
elate - fil with high spirits

misanthropic-cynical: believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others


"lets take some comfort in that, shall we."


disconcerting-causing an emotional disturbance

anecdote-short account of an incident (especially biographical one)
dessicating-dehydrate, thorougly dried out

pedigree-lineage
indelibly-having the quality of being difficult to remove
conduit-passage
portend - indicate by signs, indicate beforehand

remiss - negligent
inordinate - beyond reasonable limited in amount or degree
entail - to involve or result in something inevitably
futile - lacking serious value
pertain - have relevance, be part or belong