| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| indistinct |
not clearly perceived or perceiving. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |