| caricature |
a depiction, in a drawing or verbal description, that deliberately exaggerates or distorts some features of the person or thing represented to produce a comic or grotesque appearance. |
| consort |
a wife or husband, especially of a royal personage. |
| diffuse |
in the physical sciences, to flow toward regions of lower concentration. |
| diminutive |
very small; tiny. |
| discursive |
ranging over numerous topics, especially in an orderly or coherent way. |
| exalt |
to honor or glorify. |
| fiasco |
an utter and shameful failure. |
| indisputable |
not subject to being challenged or denied; unquestionable. |
| laxity |
the state or quality of being careless or slack; looseness. |
| nonexistent |
not having substance in reality. |
| proscribe |
to make illegal or prohibit. |
| repast |
a meal, or the food eaten at a meal. |
| transitory |
lasting for only a short time; brief. |
| untested |
not having been tried or used in a way that would prove or disprove effectiveness or validity. |
| vouch |
to promise to be true, real, or correct (usually followed by "for"). |