| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| blandishment |
(often plural) flattering or coaxing remarks or stratagems intended to persuade. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| 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. |
| interdict |
to deter or impede by the steady use of firepower. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| seminal |
of critical importance; essential. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |
| unabashed |
not feeling or showing embarrassment, uneasiness, or shame. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |