| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| extrinsic |
not inherent or essential; extraneous. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| lorgnette |
eyeglasses, such as opera glasses, that have a short handle by which one holds them in position. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |