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Panegyric
- (Noun)
- A speech or a piece of writing that praises someone or something
- The audience was entertained by the panegyric for the guest speaker
Bombast
- (Noun)
- Speech or writing that sounds important but is not sincere or meaningful
- The bombast of the politician’s speech was criticized by the audience
- high-sounding language with little meaning, used to impress people
Diatribe
- (Noun)
- A long angry speech or piece of writing that criticizes someone or something
- The mother’s diatribe sounded harsh to the sullen child
Sullen
- Dismal, Gloomy
- a sullen morning
Encomium
- (Noun):
- Glowing and enthusiastic praise
- The reticent (shy) student blossomed under teacher’s encomium
Other important words:
Abjure
- Verb
- To reject something formally
- The nun refused to abjure her faith even under threat of death
Waft
- verb
- Move lightly through the air
- The chef opened the oven and allowed the tantalizing aroma to waft throughout the room
Sere (seer)
- Being dry and withered
- The sere desert was devoid of all greenery
Repine
- (verb)
- To long for something; to express discontent
- The two lovers repined for each other over the long winter
Proclivity
- (Noun)
- His proclivity towards eating donuts was known to all
- an inclination or predisposition toward something
Meretricious
- adjective
- Apparently attractive but having no real value; falsely attractive
- Have you ever heard the phrase “fake it until you make it”? That is advice that encourages you to be meretricious, pretending to be something you aren’t like the meretricious flaunting of gigantic fake diamond earnings, pretending they are real – and that you can afford them
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