| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| expatiate |
to discuss something at great length; describe in great detail. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| lacuna |
a gap or omitted part. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| seminal |
of critical importance; essential. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |