| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| apotheosis |
a perfect or ideal example; epitome. |
| bibulous |
addicted to alcohol; alcoholic. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |