| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| dilatory |
used to cause a delay. |
| ersatz |
serving as a substitute, especially when of inferior quality. |
| euphoria |
a strong feeling of well-being or elation, sometimes unrealistic or unwarranted, and able to be induced by certain drugs. |
| flout |
to show scorn or contempt for, especially by openly or deliberately disobeying. |
| 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. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |