| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| élan |
enthusiasm or vigor. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| obviate |
to prevent or eliminate in advance; render unnecessary or irrelevant. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |