| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |