| allure |
to attract strongly by appealing to people's inner wishes; tempt. |
| beguile |
to deceive or cheat by using guile. |
| belated |
too late; tardy. |
| betroth |
to pledge or give in marriage. |
| impetus |
something that urges or impels; a driving force. |
| ingrain |
to impress (habits, ideas, values, or the like) deeply and firmly in one's nature or mind. |
| jabber |
to speak or make sounds like speech, quickly or at length, but without making much sense or creating much interest in the listener; babble. |
| obliterate |
to erase or make unrecognizable by erasing. |
| preponderance |
superiority in amount, strength, significance, weight, or the like. |
| quibble |
an unimportant, petty, or trivial disagreement or objection. |
| rudimentary |
of or pertaining to the basic or first principles; elementary. |
| slur |
to speak of disparagingly; belittle. |
| stipend |
any periodic payment of money, such as a salary or allowance. |
| superficial |
of, pertaining to, or located on the surface. |
| torrid |
parched or scorched by the sun, as a geographic area. |