| condign |
well-deserved or fitting, especially of punishment or reprimand. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| impugn |
to call into question; challenge or try to discredit. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |