- Accolade: tribute, honor, praise
- Acquiesce: to agree to, give in to
- Bolster: support, prop up
- Bombast: arrogant, pompous language
- Cryptic: puzzling, enigmatic
- Curtail: cut short
- Ephemeral: short-lived
- Epicure: someone who appreciates good food and drink
- Hedonist: a pleasure seeker
- Heed: listen to
- Lamentation: expression of regret or sorrow
- Lampoon: ridicule, spoof
- Obliterate: destroy, demolish, eradicate
- Oblivious: totally unaware
- Plummet: fall suddenly and steeply
- Podium: raised platform
- Resolution: determination
- Resonant: echoing
- Tentative: not certain
- Tenuous: flimsy, not solid