| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
| paroxysm |
a sudden strong outburst of feelings or actions. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |