| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| ersatz |
serving as a substitute, especially when of inferior quality. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| foment |
to encourage the development of; instigate or foster. |
| inadvertent |
not planned or intended; unintentional. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |