| apogee |
the highest or farthest point. |
| debase |
to reduce in value, quality, esteem, or character. |
| derange |
to cause to be mentally ill. |
| desirous |
having a wish or a longing for something. |
| empirical |
based on or verifiable by experience or experiment, rather than on or by theory. |
| flamboyant |
exceptionally showy or dashing in one's speech, manner, or appearance. |
| mote |
a fine particle of dust; speck. |
| obliterate |
to erase or make unrecognizable by erasing. |
| officiate |
to function as a priest or minister in a religious ceremony. |
| preventable |
having the possibility of being prevented; capable of being stopped or kept from happening. |
| roil |
to disturb or anger; agitate. |
| syncopate |
in music, to make (a rhythm) more complex as by accenting beats that are not normally accented or employing rests where accented beats would be expected. |
| throe |
(usually plural) any convulsive or anguished struggle, or great exertion. |
| veritable |
true; authentic; real. |
| vouch |
to promise to be true, real, or correct (usually followed by "for"). |