| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| laconic |
using very few words; succinct; terse. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| purvey |
to supply or provide (especially food, drink, or other provisions). |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |