| complaisant |
eager or willing to please; amenable; obliging. |
| dictum |
a formal or official pronouncement or declaration. |
| invective |
strongly abusive or denunciatory speech or language. |
| invincible |
too strong to be defeated. |
| languish |
to lose strength or energy; weaken. |
| moderation |
the avoidance of excesses or extremes, especially in behavior. |
| progenitor |
an ancestor or forebear. |
| ravenous |
very hungry; starved. |
| recast |
to rewrite, reconstruct, or conceive again in a different form. |
| resonance |
ability to make a strong or lasting effect, especially because of an emotional association. |
| retroactive |
going into operation or effect as of a previous date, or in respect to past events or circumstances. |
| socialite |
one who is prominent in fashionable social circles. |
| solemnity |
the condition or quality of being grave or serious. |
| sprightly |
lively, spirited, or energetic. |
| verbose |
using or characterized by many or superfluous words; wordy. |