bemoan- verb (used with object)
1. to express distress or grief over; lament: to bemoan one’s fate.
2. to regard with regret or disapproval.
callous- adjective
1. made hard; hardened.
2. insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic: They have a callous attitude toward the sufferings of others.
3. having a callus; indurated, as parts of the skin exposed to friction.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
4. to make or become hard or callous.
indignation- noun
strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger.
illicit- adjective
1. not legally permitted or authorized; unlicensed; unlawful.
2. disapproved of or not permitted for moral or ethical reasons.
anomaly- noun, plural -lies.
1. a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form.
2. someone or something anomalous: With his quiet nature, he was an anomaly in his exuberant family.
3. an odd, peculiar, or strange condition, situation, quality, etc.
4. an incongruity or inconsistency.
