| catharsis |
in psychotherapy, the bringing of repressed thoughts and feelings to consciousness in order to release emotional tension, or the release itself. |
| conciliate |
to overcome the anger, distrust, or animosity of; appease; placate. |
| extradition |
the legal transfer of a fugitive from one state or jurisdiction to another where he or she is to be tried or imprisoned. |
| extricate |
to free or release from difficulty, entanglement, or involvement; disengage. |
| fetid |
having a foul odor; stinking. |
| figment |
something imaginary or invented. |
| flail |
to cause to move wildly. |
| grandiloquent |
speaking or expressed in a pretentious, pompous, or excessively ornate fashion. |
| imitative |
of, involving, or characterized by reproduction or copying; not original. |
| insidious |
dangerous through cunning, subtlety, and underhandedness. |
| oblivion |
the state or condition of being entirely forgotten. |
| preempt |
to seize or appropriate ahead of others. |
| rectitude |
moral or ethical propriety; uprightness. |
| unexceptionable |
without flaw or fault; beyond objection or criticism. |
| venial |
able to be excused, pardoned, or forgiven, as a minor error, offense, or sin. (Cf. mortal.) |