| bauble |
a showy or gaudy trinket or ornament of little value. |
| counterbalance |
to balance or offset with an equal force or influence; counterpoise. |
| credulity |
an inclination to believe or trust, especially without sufficient basis or evidence; gullibility. |
| euphemism |
the word or expression so substituted. |
| gouge |
a cut or hole made with something sharp. |
| heretic |
a person who maintains unorthodox religious opinions or beliefs, especially a baptized Roman Catholic who dissents from official church doctrine. |
| namesake |
one who has been named after another. |
| nonentity |
someone or something that is insignificant, dull, undistinguished, or unimportant, especially a person. |
| pessimistic |
feeling in a negative way about things; expecting the worst to happen. |
| satiate |
to glut or fill to excess; oversupply; surfeit. |
| specious |
apparently true, genuine, or plausible, but actually worthless, as an argument or evidence. |
| transitory |
lasting for only a short time; brief. |
| turbid |
clouded or murky because of stirred-up particles or sediment; muddy. |
| underscore |
to emphasize by, or as if by, drawing a line beneath. |
| voracious |
consuming large quantities of food with greed or great desire; ravenous. |