| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| equivocal |
having at least two plausible alternative meanings, often intentionally so in order to deceive or avoid commitment; ambiguous. |
| fixation |
an obsession, especially one that interferes with normal functioning. |
| homily |
any discourse offering moral advice or admonitions. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |