| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| deterge |
to cleanse, wash, or wipe off. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| munificent |
having or showing great generosity. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| redoubtable |
inspiring fear; formidable. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |