| abridgment |
the process or an instance of making shorter or condensing. |
| adulation |
extreme or excessive praise. |
| altruistic |
unselfishly devoted to the welfare of others. |
| connoisseur |
a person with the experience, expertise, and sense of appreciation to make informed judgments in a fine art or in matters of taste. |
| contrive |
to plan in a clever way; invent. |
| corpulent |
fat; portly; obese. |
| defunct |
no longer in existence or use; dead; extinct. |
| dupe |
a gullible person; one who can be readily misled or fooled. |
| exhume |
to dig out, especially from a grave; disinter. |
| foreseeable |
capable of being anticipated or predicted. |
| inelegant |
without taste, grace, or refinement. |
| pellucid |
extremely clear in meaning. |
| preposterous |
totally unlikely, unbelievable, or senseless; absurd. |
| sordid |
morally bad; ignoble or base. |
| sully |
to make dirty or tarnished. |