| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| granulate |
to make into small particles or grains. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| inadvertent |
not planned or intended; unintentional. |
| 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. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| pathos |
a quality in life or art that evokes pity, sadness, or compassion. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |