| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| foment |
to encourage the development of; instigate or foster. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |