| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| euphoria |
a strong feeling of well-being or elation, sometimes unrealistic or unwarranted, and able to be induced by certain drugs. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| incumbent |
currently holding an office or position. |
| 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. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| prerogative |
an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |