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mien
Bearing or manner, especially as it reveals an inner state of mind: ?He was a Vietnam veteran with a haunted mien? (James Traub).
necromancy
(tbd)
saleratus
sodium bicarbonate used in cookery; baking soda.
expostulate
to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done; remonstrate: His father expostulated with him about the evils of gambling.
contiguity
(tbd)
linnaeus
(tbd)
introit
A hymn or psalm sung when the ministers enter at the opening of a service, especially in the Anglican Church.
solecism
A nonstandard usage or grammatical construction. A violation of etiquette. An impropriety, a mistake, or an incongruity.
eschatology
The branch of theology that is concerned with the end of the world or of humankind.
extenuate
The act of extenuating or the condition of being extenuated; partial justification.
habited
dressed in a habit
tarry
(tbd)
tetchy
Peevish; testy
rubric
A class or category: A title; a name. A part of a manuscript or book, such as a title, a heading, or an initial letter, that appears in decorative red lettering or is otherwise distinguished from the rest of the text.
verjuice
The acidic juice of crab apples or other sour fruit, such as unripe grapes. Sourness, as of disposition.
ovarious
Consisting of eggs; as, ovarious food.
polecat
1. a European mammal, Mustela putorius, of the weasel family, having a blackish fur and ejecting a fetid fluid when attacked or disturbed. Compare ferret 1 (def. 1). 2. any of various North American skunks.
jape
To joke or quip.
peripatetic
(tbd)
solemnity
(tbd)
evocation
The act of evoking. Creation anew through the power of the memory or imagination.
poltergeist
(tbd)
cupidity
(tbd)
unmailable
(tbd)
apoplectic
Sudden impairment of neurological function, especially that resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage; a stroke. A sudden effusion of blood into an organ or tissue. A fit of extreme anger; rage: ?The proud . . . members suffered collective apoplexy, and this year they are out for blood?
invidious
Tending to rouse ill will, animosity, or resentment: invidious accusations. Containing or implying a slight; discriminatory: invidious distinctions. Envious.
confute
(tbd)
perfunctory
Done routinely and with little interest or care: The operator answered the phone with a perfunctory greeting. Acting with indifference; showing little interest or care.
insouciance
Blithe lack of concern; nonchalance.
cone
(tbd)
cogitating
(tbd)
pronouncement
(tbd)
gibe
To make taunting, heckling, or jeering remarks.
eulogium
a eulogy.
advent
The coming or arrival, as of any important change, event, state, or personage.
inveterate
Firmly and long established; deep-rooted: inveterate preferences. Persisting in an ingrained habit; habitual: an inveterate liar.
rakish
like a rake; dissolute: rakish behavior.
inured
To habituate to something undesirable, especially by prolonged subjection; accustom: ?Though the food became no more palatable, he soon became sufficiently inured to it? (John Barth).
admixture
The act of mixing; state of being mixed.
swell (noun)
(tbd)
equilibrant
(tbd)
avuncular
(tbd)
Pyrrhic
(tbd)
demure
(tbd)
metropolitan
(tbd)
languor
(tbd)
penance
(tbd)
abduction
Physiology. To draw away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part or limb.
contretemps
An unforeseen event that disrupts the normal course of things; an inopportune occurrence.
macule
(tbd)
deleterious
1. injurious to health: deleterious gases. 2. harmful; injurious: deleterious influences.
eleemosynary
(tbd)
boudoir
(tbd)
pugnacious
(tbd)
anathema
A formal ecclesiastical ban, curse, or excommunication. A vehement denunciation; a curse: ?the sound of a witch's anathemas in some unknown tongue? (Nathaniel Hawthorne).
lethean
A condition of forgetfulness; oblivion.
rapacity
The quality or condition of being voracious
concolourous
(tbd)
panjandrum
(tbd)
puerile
1. of or pertaining to a child or to childhood. 2. childishly foolish; immature or trivial: a puerile piece of writing.
scintilla
A minute amount; an iota or a trace.
perambulator
(tbd)
torpid
(tbd)
adduce
To cite as an example or means of proof in an argument.
equivocal
Open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead; ambiguous
wrought
(tbd)
abstruse
Difficult to understand; recondite
copious
Yielding or containing plenty; affording ample supply: a copious harvest. See Synonyms at plentiful. Large in quantity; abundant: copious rainfall. Abounding in matter, thoughts, or words; wordy
bromides
(tbd)
inefficacious
(tbd)
amanuensis
a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another; secretary.
similitude
Similarity; resemblance.
succor
(tbd)
sartorial
Of or relating to a tailor, tailoring, or tailored clothing: sartorial elegance.
epistle
(tbd)
philistine
A smug, ignorant, especially middle-class person who is regarded as being indifferent or antagonistic to artistic and cultural values. One who lacks knowledge in a specific area.
disapprobation
(tbd)
parried (parry?)
(tbd)
saffron
1. Also called vegetable gold. a crocus, Crocus sativus, having showy purple flowers. 2. an orange-colored condiment consisting of its dried stigmas, used to color and flavor foods. 3. Also, saffron yellow. yellow-orange.
flagellation
(tbd)
Eponym
(tbd)
aver
(tbd)
purport
(tbd)
vestibular
(tbd)
malodorous
(tbd)
balustrades
a railing with supporting balusters. BALUSTER: 1. Architecture. any of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing. 2. balusters, a balustrade. 3. any of various symmetrical supports, as furniture legs or spindles, tending to swell toward the bottom or top.
laudanum
(tbd)
emoluments
(tbd)
mutability
Capable of or subject to change or alteration.
Percheron
one of a French breed of draft horses, having a gray or black coat.
consigned
(tbd)
risible
(tbd)
dilatory
Intended to delay. Tending to postpone or delay: dilatory in his work habits. See Synonyms at slow.
parvenu
(tbd)
assuage
1. to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain. 2. to appease; satisfy; allay; relieve: to assuage one's hunger. 3. to soothe, calm, or mollify: to assuage his fears; to assuage her anger.
penultimate
1. next to the last: the penultimate scene of the play. 2. of or pertaining to a penult.
manage
(tbd)
impracticable
(tbd)
facetious
Playfully jocular; humorous: facetious remarks.
consignment
(tbd)
gentrify
(tbd)
extirpate
To pull up by the roots. To destroy totally; exterminate. To remove by surgery.
synesthete
a sensation produced in one modality when a stimulus is applied to another modality, as when the hearing of a certain sound induces the visualization of a certain color.
anachronistic
(tbd)
hoary
Gray or white with or as if with age. Covered with grayish hair or pubescence: hoary leaves. So old as to inspire veneration; ancient.
baleful
Portending evil; ominous. See Synonyms at sinister. Harmful or malignant in intent or effect.
manifold
(tbd)
talisman
(tbd)
persiflage
1. light, bantering talk or writing. 2. a frivolous or flippant style of treating a subject.
rake
(tbd)
predaceous
(tbd)
Occam
English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349)
prurience
feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness (noun);
ribald
(tbd)
legerdemain
Sleight of hand. A show of skill or deceitful cleverness
striate
Marked with striae; striped, grooved, or ridged. Consisting of a stria or striae.
effluvium
A usually invisible emanation or exhalation, as of vapor or gas.
loquacious
Very talkative; garrulous.
potentate
(tbd)
striation
(tbd)
tremulous
(tbd)
infrastructure
(tbd)
penurious
Ungenerously or pettily unwilling to spend money. Yielding little; barren: a penurious land. Poverty-stricken; destitute.
fenestrated
(tbd)
bowdlerized
To expurgate (a book, for example) prudishly. To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
imbibe
(tbd)
tautology
(tbd)
funereal
Of or relating to a funeral.
caseated
(tbd)
transmogrify
(tbd)
plaudits
Enthusiastic expression of praise or approval: a new play that opened to the plaudits of the critics.
pulchritude
Great physical beauty and appeal.
plebeian
(tbd)
escarpment
A steep slope or long cliff that results from erosion or faulting and separates two relatively level areas of differing elevations.
punctilious
Strictly attentive to minute details of form in action or conduct. See Synonyms at meticulous. Precise; scrupulous.
dissoluteness
Excessive freedom; lack of restraint
desultory
Moving or jumping from one thing to another; disconnected: a desultory speech. Occurring haphazardly; random.
besom
1. a broom, esp. one of brush or twigs.
hod
(tbd)
redolent
Having or emitting fragrance; aromatic. Suggestive; reminiscent: a campaign redolent of machine politics.
poignant
Physically painful: ?Keen, poignant agonies seemed to shoot from his neck downward? (Ambrose Bierce). Keenly distressing to the mind or feelings: poignant anxiety. Profoundly moving; touching: a poignant memory. See Synonyms at moving.
penitent
(tbd)
amatory
Of, relating to, or expressive of love, especially sexual love.
eldritch
eerie; weird; spooky.
imperious
Arrogantly domineering or overbearing. See Synonyms at dictatorial. Urgent; pressing.
lascivious
1. inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man. 2. arousing sexual desire: lascivious photographs. 3. indicating sexual interest or expressive of lust or lewdness: a lascivious gesture.
sepulchral
Of or relating to a burial vault or a receptacle for sacred relics.
alacrity
Cheerful willingness; eagerness. Speed or quickness; celerity.
asperity
1. harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner; severity; acrimony: The cause of her anger did not warrant such asperity. 2. hardship; difficulty; rigor: the asperities of polar weather. 3. roughness of surface; unevenness. 4. something rough or harsh.
obloquy
1. censure, blame, or abusive language aimed at a person or thing, esp. by numerous persons or by the general public. 2. discredit, disgrace, or bad repute resulting from public blame, abuse, or denunciation.
involutions
The act of involving.
knell
(tbd)
august
Inspiring awe or admiration; majestic: the august presence of the monarch. See Synonyms at grand.
rife
(tbd)
ascendancy (of suffering)
(tbd)
malleable
(tbd)
vesuvian
(tbd)
duplicity
(tbd)
divan
(tbd)
attestation
(tbd)
etiology
The study of causes or origins. The branch of medicine that deals with the causes or origins of disease.
confreres
(tbd)
redoubtable
Arousing fear or awe; formidable. Worthy of respect or honor.
munificence
(tbd)
punt
An open, flat-bottomed boat with squared ends, propelled by a long pole and used in shallow waters.
assiduous
1. constant; unremitting: assiduous reading. 2. constant in application or effort; working diligently at a task; persevering; industrious; attentive: an assiduous student.
adjuration
1. an earnest request; entreaty. 2. a solemn or desperate urging or counseling: an adjuration for all citizens of the beleaguered city to take shelter.
quay
A wharf or reinforced bank where ships are loaded or unloaded.
meretricious
Attracting attention in a vulgar manner: meretricious ornamentation.
temerity
Foolhardy disregard of danger; recklessness.
platitudinous
Without freshness or appeal because of overuse
actuates
(tbd)
sublimation
(tbd)
versification
(tbd)
emporia
(tbd)
unguent
A salve for soothing or healing; an ointment.
temararious
(tbd)
turpitude
Depravity; baseness.
obdurate
1. unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding. 2. stubbornly resistant to moral influence; persistently impenitent: an obdurate sinner.
stentorian
Extremely loud: a stentorian voice.
grate
(tbd)
pernicious
1. causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie. 2. deadly; fatal: a pernicious disease. 3. Obsolete. evil; wicked.
comport
(tbd)
piqued
A state of vexation caused by a perceived slight or indignity; a feeling of wounded pride.
unctuously
(tbd)
modities
(tbd)
ostentation
(tbd)
adulation
Excessive flattery or admiration.
A base act.
(tbd)
adduction
To draw inward toward the median axis of the body or toward an adjacent part or limb.
antinomy
1. opposition between one law, principle, rule, etc., and another. 2. Philosophy. a contradiction between two statements, both apparently obtained by correct reasoning.
pith
The essential or central part; the heart or essence. See Synonyms at substance. Strength; vigor; mettle. Significance; importance.
facsimile
(tbd)
opurious
(tbd)
monograph
(tbd)
duplicate
(tbd)
parapet
(tbd)
proffer
(tbd)
squirearchy
the gentry who own land (considered as a class)
bargee
someone who operates a barge
equanimous
having or showing equanimity; even-tempered: It was difficult to remain equanimous in the face of such impertinence.
florin
(tbd)
proclivities
A natural propensity or inclination; predisposition.
nefarious
Infamous by way of being extremely wicked.
evanescent
Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
obmutescence
1. A becoming dumb; loss of speech. --Sir T. Browne. 2. A keeping silent or mute. --Paley.
mawkish
Excessively and objectionably sentimental. Sickening or insipid in taste.
palindrome
(tbd)
surfeit
(tbd)
cumbrous
(tbd)
peccadilloes
A small sin or fault.
seminally
(tbd)
cogently
(tbd)
eucharist
(tbd)
carbolic
(tbd)
unalloyed
(tbd)
peremptory
Putting an end to all debate or action: a peremptory decree.
tympanum
(tbd)
senatorian
(tbd)
impugn
(tbd)
withal
(tbd)
appellation
n. The name or title by which a particular person, class, or thing is called.
rarified
(tbd)
obfuscate
1. to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy. 2. to make obscure or unclear: to obfuscate a problem with extraneous information. 3. to darken.
elegiac
Of, relating to, or involving elegy or mourning or expressing sorrow for that which is irrecoverably past: an elegiac lament for youthful ideals.
beatitude
(tbd)
nictitate
to wink.
sycophancy
(tbd)
homage
Ceremonial acknowledgment by a vassal of allegiance to his lord under feudal law. Special honor or respect shown or expressed publicly.
landau
1. a four-wheeled, two-seated carriage with a top made in two parts that may be let down or folded back. 2. a sedanlike automobile with a short convertible back.
penumbra
An area in which something exists to a lesser or an uncertain degree
reticent
(tbd)
dross
(tbd)
itinerant
Traveling from place to place, especially to perform work or a duty: an itinerant judge; itinerant labor.
comminution
(tbd)
declension
(tbd)
pernicious
1. causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie. 2. deadly; fatal: a pernicious disease. 3. Obsolete. evil; wicked.
imp
A mischievous child. A small demon.
farrago
a confused mixture; hodgepodge; medley: a farrago of doubts, fears, hopes, and wishes.
alveolate
Having a honeycombed surface.
duenna
(tbd)
abulia
Loss or impairment of the ability to make decisions or act independently.
covey
(tbd)
coadjutors
A coworker; an assistant. See Synonyms at assistant. An assistant to a bishop, especially one designated to succeed the bishop.
seigneurial
a lord, esp. a feudal lord.
malfeasance
(tbd)
promptitude
(delete)
abeyance
temporary inactivity, cessation, or suspension: Let's hold that problem in abeyance for a while.
biolytic
(tbd)
perforce
By necessity; by force of circumstance.
aplomb
Self-confident assurance; poise.
maceration
(tbd)
tumbril
(tbd)
prate
-verb (used without object) 1. to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble: They prated on until I was ready to scream. -verb (used with object) 2. to utter in empty or foolish talk: to prate absurdities with the greatest seriousness. -noun 3. act of prating. 4. empty or foolish talk.
iniquitous
Characterized by iniquity; wicked.
deportment
A manner of personal conduct; behavior.
recalcitrant
Marked by stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance.
egregious
(tbd)
abbess
(tbd)
trope
(tbd)
paroxysmic
(tbd)
tallow-candle
(tbd)
Consecution
(tbd)
quarterstaff
A long wooden staff formerly used as a weapon.
breach
(tbd)
exophthalmic
(tbd)
subserve
be helpful or useful
quixotic
Caught up in the romance of noble deeds and the pursuit of unreachable goals; idealistic without regard to practicality. Capricious; impulsive: ?At worst his scruples must have been quixotic, not malicious?
putative
Generally regarded as such; supposed.
anabatic
Of or relating to rising wind currents.
vicissitude
A change or variation. The quality of being changeable; mutability.
agog
Full of keen anticipation or excitement; eager.
imputation
(tbd)
reprove
to prove again.
depredations
A predatory attack; a raid. Damage or loss; ravage: ?[Carnegie Hall has] withstood the wear and tear of enthusiastic music lovers and the normal depredations of time? (Mechanical Engineering).
anon
(old-fashioned or informal) in a little while
retiary
1. using a net or any entangling device. 2. netlike. 3. making a net or web, as a spider.
tumbrel
(tbd)
prolix
(tbd)
indolent
(tbd)
subserve
be helpful or useful
vocative
-adjective 1. Grammar. (in certain inflected languages, as Latin) noting or pertaining to a case used to indicate that a noun refers to a person or thing being addressed. 2. of, pertaining to, or used in calling, specifying, or addressing. -noun Grammar. 3. the vocative case. 4. a word in the vocative, as Latin Paule "O Paul."
viscid
Thick and adhesive. Used of a fluid. Covered with a sticky or clammy coating.
exculpation
(tbd)
flatulence
(tbd)
fritter
(tbd)
apotheosis
(1) a model of excellence or perfection of a kind; (2) the elevantion or exaltation of a person to the rank of god
jagerfonteins
(tbd)
imputation
(tbd)
obliquely
(tbd)
specious
Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious: a specious argument. Deceptively attractive.
vitriolic
Bitterly scathing; caustic: vitriolic criticism.
importunate
(tbd)
expurgate
To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from (a book, for example) before publication.
multitudinous
(tbd)
coeval
(tbd)
lascineate
(tbd)
homologous
Corresponding or similar in position, value, structure, or function.
exonerate
1. to clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame; exculpate: He was exonerated from the accusation of cheating. 2. to relieve, as from an obligation, duty, or task.
aeries
The nest of a bird, such as an eagle, built on a cliff or other high place. A house or stronghold perched on a height.
expatiate
1. to enlarge in discourse or writing; be copious in description or discussion: to expatiate upon a theme. 2. Archaic. to move or wander about intellectually, imaginatively, etc., without restraint.
tenuous
Long and thin; slender: tenuous strands. Having little substance; flimsy: a tenuous argument.
astringency
(tbd)
assay
1. to examine or analyze: to assay a situation; to assay an event.
simperer
To smile in a silly, self-conscious, often coy manner.
PLASHY
marshy, wet
blackguard
A thoroughly unprincipled person; a scoundrel. A foul-mouthed person.
immutable
not mutable; unchangeable; changeless.
impetuous
Characterized by sudden and forceful energy or emotion; impulsive and passionate. Having or marked by violent force
supine
(tbd)
demirep
(tbd)
pusillanimity
The state or quality of being pusillanimous; cowardice
tierce
(tbd)
plutocracy
rule by the wealthy, or power provided by wealth. In a plutocracy, the degree of economic inequality is high while the level of social mobility is low.
ubiquity
(tbd)
oubliette
a secret dungeon with an opening only in the ceiling, as in certain old castles.
banality
(tbd)
bilious
(tbd)
chivvy
To vex or harass with petty attacks: political opponents who chivvied the senator.
unbreeched
(tbd)
taper
(tbd)
fecund
1. producing or capable of producing offspring, fruit, vegetation, etc., in abundance; prolific; fruitful: fecund parents; fecund farmland. 2. very productive or creative intellectually: the fecund years of the Italian Renaissance.
ague
A febrile condition in which there are alternating periods of chills, fever, and sweating. Used chiefly in reference to the fevers associated with malaria.
prescience
Knowledge of actions or events before they occur; foresight
somnambulism
Sleepwalking
obeisance
1. a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy, as before a superior; a bow, curtsy, or other similar gesture. 2. deference or homage: The nobles gave obeisance to the new king.
palliative
(tbd)
bulwark
(tbd)
Demimonde
A class of women kept by wealthy lovers or protectors.
inchoate
(tbd)
dissociation
(tbd)
extenuation
(tbd)
betimes
In good time; early. A beneficent microclimate brings out the camellias betimes. Archaic. Quickly; soon.
obtuse
(tbd)
lucubrations
Laborious study or meditation. Often lucubrations. Writing produced by laborious effort or study, especially pedantic or pretentious writing.
tenement
(tbd)
aleatory
Dependent on chance, luck, or an uncertain outcome: an aleatory contract between an oil prospector and a landowner.
delectation
(tbd)
marshall
(tbd)
petulant
Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish. Contemptuous in speech or behavior.
worsted
(tbd)
excrescence
An abnormal outgrowth or enlargement, such as a wart. A normal outgrowth, such as a fingernail or a beard.
ennui
(tbd)(tbd)
epicurean
(tbd)
cabalistic
Having a secret or hidden meaning; occult: cabalistic symbols engraved in stone.
Simulacrum
(tbd)
supercilious
(tbd)
capered
(tbd)
probity
Complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness
prevarication
The use or an instance of equivocal language
enmity
(tbd)
presage
An indication or a warning of a future occurrence; an omen. A feeling or an intuition of what is going to occur; a presentiment. Prophetic significance or meaning.
exculpate
To clear of guilt or blame.
satyr
(tbd)
quinquennium
a period of five years.
thanatopsis
(tbd)
histrionics
(used with a pl. verb) Theatrical arts or performances. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Exaggerated emotional behavior calculated for effect.
effrontery
(tbd)
nugatory
1. of no real value; trifling; worthless. 2. of no force or effect; ineffective; futile; vain. 3. not valid.
saturnine
1. sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn. 2. suffering from lead poisoning, as a person. 3. due to absorption of lead, as bodily disorders.
bosh-like
(tbd)
execration
(tbd)
vixenly
(tbd)
lagniappe
1. Chiefly Southern Louisiana and Southeast Texas. a small gift given with a purchase to a customer, by way of compliment or for good measure; bonus. 2. a gratuity or tip. 3. an unexpected or indirect benefit.
dissimilation
(tbd)
ineluctable
(tbd)
casuist
(tbd)
stalwart
(tbd)
mountebank
A hawker of quack medicines who attracts customers with stories, jokes, or tricks. A flamboyant charlatan.
syncretism
(tbd)
ignominy
Great personal dishonor or humiliation. Shameful or disgraceful action, conduct, or character.
rhinestone
an artificial gem of paste, often cut to resemble a diamond.
crinoline
(tbd)
vigil
(tbd)
ungainsayably
(tbd)
ramparts
(tbd)
loquacity
(tbd)
recompense
To award compensation to: recompensed the victims of the accident.
pecuniary
Of or relating to money: a pecuniary loss; pecuniary motives.
impalpable
Not perceptible to the touch; intangible. Difficult to perceive or grasp by the mind.
exigently
urgent
colonnades
(tbd)
cuspidors
(tbd)
avowal
(tbd)
truculency
(tbd)
pugilism
The skill, practice, and sport of fighting with the fists; boxing.
zenith
(tbd)
palfrey
(tbd)(tbd)
fine
(tbd)
pasha
(tbd)
unction
(tbd)
cotillion
A formal ball, especially one at which girls are presented to society.
verily
in truth; really; indeed.
semaphore
(tbd)
curate
A cleric, especially one who has charge of a parish. A cleric who assists a rector or vicar.
umbrageous
(tbd)
kestrel
1. a common small falcon, Falco tinnunculus, of northern parts of the Eastern Hemisphere, notable for hovering in the air with its head to the wind. 2. any of several related small falcons, as the American kestrel, F. sparverius.
salubrious
Conducive or favorable to health or well-being.
chimeras
(tbd)
efficacious
(tbd)
tinge
(tbd)
physiognomies
(tbd)
hagiographer
(tbd)
interlocutor
Someone who takes part in a conversation, often formally or officially. The performer in a minstrel show who is placed midway between the end men and engages in banter with them.
apprise
make aware of
dereliction
(tbd)
spruce
(tbd)
recondite
Not easily understood; abstruse.
vitiate
To reduce the value or impair the quality of. To corrupt morally; debase. To make ineffective; invalidate.
liana
Any climbing, woody, usually tropical vine.
bandying
1. to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words. 2. to throw or strike to and fro or from side to side, as a ball in tennis. 3. to circulate freely: to bandy gossip.
wot
(tbd)
somniferous
(tbd)
palsied
(tbd)
thalidomide
(tbd)
elect (noun)
(tbd)
edify
(tbd)
abased
(tbd)
agglomerate
To form or collect into a rounded mass.
preternatural
Out of or being beyond the normal course of nature; differing from the natural. Surpassing the normal or usual; extraordinary
perspicacious
(tbd)
compassing
(tbd)
genuflect
To bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor or ground, as in worship.
avidity
1. eagerness; greediness. 2. enthusiasm or dedication.
trumpery
(tbd)
bodice
(tbd)
inculcate
(tbd)
prodigious
(tbd)
agnomen
An additional cognomen given to a Roman citizen, often in honor of military victories.
fatuous
Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish. Delusive; unreal: fatuous hopes.
contumely
Of, relating to, or characterized by verbal abuse. Rude and disrespectful
inanition
(tbd)
discountenance (verb)
(tbd)
jejune
Not interesting; dull: ?and there pour forth jejune words and useless empty phrases? (Anthony Trollope). Lacking maturity; childish. Lacking in nutrition: a jejune diet.
canard
(tbd)
polemicist
A person skilled or involved in polemics.
unctuous
(tbd)
asseverate
To declare seriously or positively; affirm.
egregious
(tbd)
cant
(tbd)
beau brummel
(tbd)
expiate
to atone for; make amends or reparation for: to expiate one's crimes.
etiolate
To cause (a plant) to develop without chlorophyll by preventing exposure to sunlight. To cause to appear pale and sickly: a face that was etiolated from years in prison. To make weak by stunting the growth or development of.
obtuseness
1. not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull. 2. not sharp, acute, or pointed; blunt in form. 3. (of a leaf, petal, etc.) rounded at the extremity. 4. indistinctly felt or perceived, as pain or sound.
aspirate
(tbd)
exudation
The act or an instance of oozing forth.
verisimilitude
1. the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability: The play lacked verisimilitude. 2. something, as an assertion, having merely the appearance of truth.
distend
(tbd)
sallied
(tbd)
amalgamation
to mix or merge so as to make a combination
ebullient
(tbd)
remonstrance
An expression of protest, complaint, or reproof, especially a formal statement of grievances.
execrate
1. to detest utterly; abhor; abominate. 2. to curse; imprecate evil upon; damn; denounce: He execrated all who opposed him. -verb (used without object) 3. to utter curses.
demimondaine
A woman belonging to the demimonde. A class of women kept by wealthy lovers or protectors. Women prostitutes considered as a group.
effusive
(tbd)
sonorous
Having or producing sound. Having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound. Impressive in style of speech: a sonorous oration.
patently
(tbd)
patina
(tbd)
prolixity
Words or the use of words in excess of those needed for clarity or precision
obsequies
a funeral rite or ceremony.
marey
(tbd)
perchance
(tbd)
sable
(tbd)
sumptuary
(tbd)
lugubrious
(tbd)
peradventure
Perhaps; perchance.
timorous
(tbd)
concierge
(tbd)
pejorative
1. having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force: the pejorative affix -ling in princeling. -noun 2. a pejorative form or word, as poetaster.
coruscate
To give forth flashes of light; sparkle and glitter: diamonds coruscating in the candlelight.
summonsed
(tbd)
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