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| more complicated or elaborate than necessary; overblown: a grandiose scheme. |
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| nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation |
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| to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through: to aerate milk in order to remove odors. |
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| the state of being completely forgotten or unknown: a former movie star now in oblivion |
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| to provide or supply with something ornamental; adorn; decorate |
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| to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely |
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| having bounds or limits; not infinite; measurable |
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| going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial: a cursory glance at a newspaper article |
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| a person who has or professes to have refined sensitivity toward the beauties of art or nature |
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| obvious and intentional exaggeration |
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| in existence; still existing; not destroyed or lost: There are only three extant copies of the document. |
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| containing or exemplifying irony: an ironic novel; an ironic remark. |
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| to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot. |
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| lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy. |
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| without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid: an insipid personality. |
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| a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing, esp. a set oration in honor of a deceased person |
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| taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance |
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| a confused hand-to-hand fight or struggle among several people |
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| to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify: The candelight enhanced her beauty |
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| the act of deferring or putting off; postponement |
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| allowing the possibility of several different meanings, as a word or phrase, esp. with intent to deceive or misguide; susceptible of double interpretation; deliberately ambiguous: an equivocal answer. |
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| a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site |
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| characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly: an erudite professor; an erudite commentary |
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| the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed |
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| given to, characterized by, intended for, or suited to joking or jesting; waggish; facetious: jocular remarks about opera stars |
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| prohibiting violation; secure from destruction, violence, infringement, or desecration: an inviolable sanctuary; an inviolable promise |
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| eluding clear perception or complete mental grasp; hard to express or define: an elusive concept |
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| the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype |
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| of or pertaining to birds |
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| to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish: Brandishing his sword, he rode into battle. |
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| a person who amuses others by tricks, jokes, odd gestures and postures, etc |
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| a sudden and widespread disaster: the catastrophe of war |
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| vile, shameful, or base character; depravity |
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| (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm. |
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| tending to promote some proposed or desired object; fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances: It is expedient that you go. |
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| assumed by hypothesis; supposed: a hypothetical case |
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| excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, esp. about trivial matters |
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| fond of the company of others; sociable. |
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| to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right: The pretender tried to usurp the throne |
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