| adulation |
extreme or excessive praise. |
| askew |
not straight; crooked. |
| bombast |
boastful, pompous, or otherwise overblown utterances. |
| crux |
an essential, basic, crucial, or pivotal point. |
| defunct |
no longer in existence or use; dead; extinct. |
| emaciate |
to waste away the flesh of, usually by starvation or disease; make extremely thin. |
| eventuality |
something that might happen; contingent occurrence. |
| omnivorous |
living on a diet of both plant and animal food. |
| posterity |
all generations to come. |
| precipitous |
very steep or sudden; rising or dropping abruptly. |
| propaganda |
information or opinions that are made public to promote or attack a movement, cause, or person. |
| sacrilege |
the violation, profane treatment, or destruction of some place or thing that is considered to be holy. |
| tepid |
not quite warm; lukewarm. |
| unimpressive |
lacking notable qualities; unremarkable; not impressive. |
| vivacious |
full of life and spirit; animated. |