avow |
to assert or affirm. |
coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
colloquialism |
a word or phrase typically used in conversational, informal, or regional speech or writing, hence sometimes considered inappropriate in formal writing. |
concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
laconic |
using very few words; succinct; terse. |
lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |