| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| fixation |
an obsession, especially one that interferes with normal functioning. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| recant |
to withdraw from commitment to (a former position or statement), especially publicly; retract. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| unabashed |
not feeling or showing embarrassment, uneasiness, or shame. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |