| aver |
to assert to be true; affirm. |
| carouse |
to revel in a boisterous and drunken manner. |
| defile1 |
to make unclean, foul, or filthy. |
| disembark |
to put or go ashore from a ship. |
| dissertation |
a formal and usually lengthy exposition in speech or writing, especially a detailed report of research by a candidate for a doctoral degree. |
| earthy |
realistic, practical, and unpretentious. |
| flaunt |
to display ostentatiously; show off. |
| frivolous |
unworthy of serious consideration or merit; trivial or silly. |
| grandiloquence |
speech that is pretentious, pompous, or excessively mannered. |
| laborious |
requiring considerable effort or perseverance. |
| obliterate |
to erase or make unrecognizable by erasing. |
| observable |
able to be seen; visible. |
| predominant |
being the chief or greatest in importance, status, influence, or the like. |
| revere |
to respect or admire greatly. |
| sully |
to make dirty or tarnished. |