| clique |
a small, often aggressively exclusive group of friends or associates. |
| convivial |
enjoying feasting, drinking, and socializing; sociable. |
| corpulent |
fat; portly; obese. |
| dalliance |
a wasting away of time; loitering; dawdling. |
| digress |
to stray from the main topic; ramble. |
| epoch |
an important period in human history. |
| eulogize |
to speak or write high praise of, or make a formal tribute to (usually a dead person). |
| expurgate |
to remove from a book or the like material considered to be offensive or erroneous prior to publication. |
| fraudulent |
characterized by or based on the use of deceit or trickery. |
| guile |
deceitfulness, treachery, or skillful cunning; wiliness. |
| limbo1 |
(often capitalized) in theology, a place neither in heaven nor hell for souls neither saved nor condemned, such as those of unbaptized infants. |
| maul |
to hurt by beating or through other rough treatment. |
| mimicry |
an act, instance, or the art of imitating or copying the speech, behavior, or expressions of others. |
| resurrect |
to restore to life or good standing; raise out of death or disrepute. |
| stringent |
rigorous or exacting; strict. |