| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| equivocal |
having at least two plausible alternative meanings, often intentionally so in order to deceive or avoid commitment; ambiguous. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| expound |
to discuss or explain in detail (usually followed by "on" or "upon"). |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| redoubtable |
inspiring fear; formidable. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |