| adulation |
extreme or excessive praise. |
| cerebral |
characterized by intellect or reason. |
| conciliatory |
tending to placate or reconcile. |
| consequential |
coming after as an outcome or result. |
| criteria |
a set of standards or tests by which to judge or decide something. |
| culvert |
a man-made channel for drainage or the like that passes under a street or other thoroughfare. |
| exuberance |
the condition or quality of being vigorously happy or high-spirited. |
| gargantuan |
(sometimes capitalized) of enormous proportions; huge; gigantic. |
| incense2 |
to make very angry. |
| incorporate |
to include as part of a larger thing; blend. |
| infidelity |
unfaithfulness, especially to marital vows; adultery. |
| intone |
to recite in musical or lengthened tones, especially in a monotone; chant. |
| proficient |
adept or skilled, usually as a result of study or practice. |
| reprieve |
to release (someone) temporarily or permanently from planned or impending punishment, pain, or difficulty. |
| swathe |
to wrap up, enfold, or bind, especially with a wrapping material or bands. |