| articulate |
able to speak or express oneself in a clear way. |
| belated |
too late; tardy. |
| castigate |
to punish or rebuke, as with severe public criticism; chastise. |
| demean1 |
to lower in esteem, stature, or dignity; degrade. |
| exalt |
to honor or glorify. |
| fecund |
capable of producing abundant fruit or offspring; fruitful; fertile. |
| imbibe |
to take up or consume by drinking. |
| implacable |
not to be pacified or diverted; unappeasable or inexorable. |
| instrumental |
serving as an agent or partial cause. |
| irony |
a manner of using language so that it conveys a different or opposite meaning to that which is literally expressed in the words themselves. Irony is used in ordinary conversation and also as a literary technique, especially to express criticism or to produce humor or pathos. |
| lionize |
to view or treat (someone) as a celebrity or extraordinary person. |
| poseur |
one who adopts an affected attitude or manner in order to impress others. |
| sheaf |
a bound bundle of cut grain. |
| tyrannical |
imposing one's will on others by threat or force; despotic; oppressive. |
| vituperate |
to condemn sharply; blame; berate. |