| abridge |
to make shorter. |
| allusive |
abounding in or characterized by indirect references to culture, history, or other works of art, which are to be recognized or understood by the audience. |
| bombast |
boastful, pompous, or otherwise overblown utterances. |
| breach |
an act of breaking a law or promise. |
| delude |
to cause to hold a false belief; mislead; deceive. |
| depersonalize |
to cause to lose individual identity or characteristics. |
| embalm |
to treat (a corpse) with preservatives before burial. |
| engross |
to take all the attention of; interest fully. |
| oblivion |
the state or condition of being entirely forgotten. |
| personify |
to be a perfect or typical example of; embody. |
| raze |
to knock down or tear down (a structure); level. |
| rejuvenate |
to restore the vigor, health, or appearance of youth to. |
| remittance |
money that is sent to someone or some place, usually in payment. |
| subsume |
to classify, consider, or include (an idea, proposition, or the like) in a more comprehensive or general category or principle. |
| transmute |
to change into another form, substance, state, or the like. |