| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| cognizant |
aware; informed (usually followed by "of"). |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| perilous |
causing or involving great danger; risky; hazardous. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |