| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| veneration |
a feeling of great respect; awe; reverence. |