| disparage |
to depreciate or belittle, especially in speech. |
| illustrious |
highly renowned; celebrated; glorious. |
| implausible |
hard to believe or credit. |
| incur |
to become liable for or bring upon oneself (usually some unwanted or harmful consequence). |
| inoffensive |
having no insulting or harmful qualities; innocuous. |
| lionize |
to view or treat (someone) as a celebrity or extraordinary person. |
| plenitude |
abundance; fullness. |
| preventable |
having the possibility of being prevented; capable of being stopped or kept from happening. |
| propaganda |
information or opinions that are made public to promote or attack a movement, cause, or person. |
| rectitude |
moral or ethical propriety; uprightness. |
| rehabilitate |
to restore to good health or to an otherwise improved state of being. |
| repudiate |
to reject completely as invalid or untrue. |
| respite |
a period of rest, especially from something difficult or unpleasant. |
| throwback |
a reappearance of an outmoded procedure, system, or the like. |
| timorous |
showing or marked by fear; fearful; timid. |