| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| foment |
to encourage the development of; instigate or foster. |
| impugn |
to call into question; challenge or try to discredit. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |