| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| ersatz |
serving as a substitute, especially when of inferior quality. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| expound |
to discuss or explain in detail (usually followed by "on" or "upon"). |
| impromptu |
without advance plan or preparation; spontaneously. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |