| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| foment |
to encourage the development of; instigate or foster. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| purvey |
to supply or provide (especially food, drink, or other provisions). |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |
| unabashed |
not feeling or showing embarrassment, uneasiness, or shame. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |