culpable — If someone or their conduct is culpable, they are responsible for something wrong or bad that has happened.
desperate — If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it.
favorite — a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
ultimate — last; furthest or farthest; ending a process or series: the ultimate point in a journey; the ultimate style in hats.
Two-syllable rhymes
pulpit — a platform or raised structure in a church, from which the sermon is delivered or the service is conducted.
puppet — an artificial figure representing a human being or an animal, manipulated by the hand, rods, wires, etc., as on a miniature stage. Compare hand puppet, marionette.
