| annihilate |
to destroy completely. |
| arbiter |
someone who has the authority to decide an issue or settle a dispute. |
| axiom |
an obvious or generally accepted principle. |
| bedizen |
to dress or decorate in a flashy, garish fashion. |
| communicable |
capable of being spread or passed on; contagious. |
| denunciation |
the act of verbally condemning or attacking. |
| equivocation |
the act of communicating in ambiguous, shifting, or indecisive terms, often to avoid or deceive. |
| infectious |
able to be given to others by infection. |
| iridescent |
emitting or reflecting a lustrous play of colors covering the spectrum, like a rainbow. |
| leaven |
to produce fermentation in (dough or batter), consequently causing the dough or batter to rise in the process of baking. |
| parochial |
narrow or limited in scope or viewpoint; provincial. |
| recount |
to tell a history of events; relate; narrate. |
| reminiscence |
something that is remembered; memory or impression. |
| stipend |
any periodic payment of money, such as a salary or allowance. |
| surmount |
to get over or past; overcome; conquer. |