| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| derelict |
failing to fulfill one's responsibilities or obligations; remiss. |
| desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
| fixation |
an obsession, especially one that interferes with normal functioning. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |
| veneration |
a feeling of great respect; awe; reverence. |