(verb) to renounce upon oath / (verb) to reject solemnly / (verb) to abstain from; avoid
(adjective) marked by restraint especially in the consumption of food or alcohol / (adjective) reflecting such restraint
the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax
(adjective) true genuine
a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly (plural: encomia). as the adjective encomiastic, means bestowing praise, eulogistic, laudatory
(noun) follower disciple / (noun) an inferior imitator
(verb) to utter or send out with denunciation / (verb) to send forth censures or invectives / (verb) express vehement protest
relating to judicial proceedings and the administration of the law
the sheltered side; the side away from the wind
Composed by candlelight, or by night; of or pertaining to night studies; laborious or painstaking / a piece of writing, typically a pedantic or overelaborate one
(adjective) full of danger or uncertainty; precarious
petty; worthless
a grant of money, especially from a government.
(noun) evasion of straightforward action or clear-cut statement; equivocation / (noun) desertion of a cause, position, party, or faith
(verb) to make faulty or defective; impair / (verb) to debase in moral or aesthetic status / (verb) to make ineffective