| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| imbroglio |
a difficult, confused, or complicated situation, often involving a misunderstanding, disagreement, or quarrel. |
| indemnity |
insurance against damage, loss, or liability. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| occlude |
to close or obstruct (a passage or opening, one's vision, or the like). |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |