| adulation |
extreme or excessive praise. |
| caustic |
bitingly critical. |
| connive |
to join secretly in a plot; conspire. |
| dictum |
a formal or official pronouncement or declaration. |
| ecclesiastical |
of or related to the church and clergy. |
| equestrian |
of or relating to horseback riding. |
| exigency |
a condition of urgency. |
| imbue |
to inspire or permeate, as with an idea or emotion; deeply influence. |
| incandescent |
giving off light as a result of being heated. |
| infernal |
of or pertaining to hell or the world of the dead. |
| informant |
one who reports or confides what he or she knows to another; source. |
| maternal |
of, having to do with, or like a mother. |
| respective |
of or belonging to each one. |
| revoke |
to take back, cancel, or make no longer valid. |
| unqualified |
lacking the appropriate knowledge or qualifications. |