| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| affidavit |
a written statement that is sworn in the presence of an authorized official to be true, used as legal evidence. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |