cunning perilous rife sprawling forsake

cunning

cun·ning1 /ˈkʌnɪŋ/ adjective

1. someone who is cunning is clever and good at deceiving people in order to get what they want SYNcrafty :
   • a cunning opponent
2. behaviour or actions that are cunning are clever but dishonest and unfair, and are used to get what you want:
   • a cunning plan
3. a cunning object or piece of equipment is clever and unusual:
   • a cunning little device for keeping out draughts
4. American English old-fashioned attractive:
   • a cunning little dress

• cunningly adverb

perilous

per·il·ous /ˈperələs, ˈperɪləs/ adjective literary or formal

• very dangerous:
  • a perilous journey across the mountains

rife

rife /raɪf/ adjective

1. [not before noun] if something bad or unpleasant is rife, it is very common:
   • Violent crime is rife in our inner cities.
2. rife with something full of something bad or unpleasant:
   • The crowded factories are rife with disease.
3. run rife to spread quickly in an uncontrolled way:
   • No one knew exactly what he had done, but speculation ran rife.

sprawling

spraw·ling /ˈsprɔːlɪŋ $ˈsprɒːl- / adjective

• spreading over a wide area in an untidy or unattractive way:
  • a vast, sprawling city

forsake

for·sake /fəˈseɪk $fər- / verb (past tenseforsook /-ˈsʊk/, past participleforsaken /-ˈseɪkən/) [transitive] formal

1. to leave someone, especially when you should stay because they need you SYNabandon :
   • children forsaken by their parents
2. to stop doing, using, or having something that you enjoy SYNgive up :
   • She will never forsake her vegetarian principles.
3. to leave a place, especially when you do not want to:
   • He has forsaken his native Finland to live in Britain.