| buttress |
a structure built to give support to the outside of a building or a wall. |
| clout |
(informal) influence or power to persuade. |
| condolence |
sympathy with a grieving or suffering person. |
| delectable |
extremely pleasing to the taste; delicious. |
| engulf |
to cover entirely, as if by a flood. |
| exhaustive |
thorough and all-encompassing. |
| extricate |
to free or release from difficulty, entanglement, or involvement; disengage. |
| fallacious |
based on unsound logic; in error; illogical. |
| impecunious |
lacking funds; penniless. |
| impenetrable |
impossible to enter; impervious. |
| incisive |
marked by clear, penetrating thought; sharp. |
| instigate |
to purposely agitate or incite; provoke; foment. |
| paean |
a song or hymn sung as an expression of praise. |
| revert |
to return to a previous state, practice, belief, or the like. |
| turpitude |
moral baseness; depravity. |