- abet: to encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something wrong or unworthy)
- aver: to affirm, declare confidently
- blatant: noisy in a coarse, offensive way; obvious or conspicuous, especially in an unfavorable sense
- broach: to bring up or begin to talk about (a subject); to announce, introduce; to break the surface of the water; to turn sideways to the wind and waves; to pierce (a keg or cask) in order to draw off liquid; a spit for roasting; a tool for tapping casks
- buttress: to support, prop up, strengthen; a supporting structure
- carousal: noisy revelry or merrymaking (often with a suggestion of heavy drinking)
- collate: to compare critically in order to note differences, similarities, etc.; to arrange in order for something specific
- connoisseur: an expert; one who is well qualified to pass critical judgments, especially in one of the fine arts
- disconsolate: deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation
- encumber: to weigh down or burden (with difficulties, cares, debt, etc.); to fill, block up, hinder
- foment: to promote trouble or rebellion; to apply warm liquids to
- grisly: firghtful, horrible, ghastly
- herculean: relating to Hercules; characterized by great strength; very hard to do in the sense of requiring unusual strength
- impassive: showing no feeling or emotion; inanimate; motionless
- inauspicious: unfavorable, unlucky, suggesting bad luck for the future
- incontrovertible: unquestionable, beyond dispute
- nonplussed: puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss
- opportune: suitable or convenient for a particular purpose; occurring at an appropriate time
- prolific: abundantly productive, abundant, profuse
- rejoinder: a reply to a reply, especially from the defendant in a legal suit
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