adulation
excessive or slavish admiration or flattery
ague
fever (as malaria) marked by paroxysms of chills, fever, and sweating that recur at regular intervals
asinine
extremely or utterly foolish
assiduous
diligent
cavillers
those who would raise trivial and frivolous objections
concord
a state of agreement; harmony
declamationlet
archaic slang for declamation; a recitation delivered as an exercise in rhetoric or elocution; vehement oratory; a speech marked by strong feeling; a tirade
dotard
a person in his or her dotage (a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness )
doughty
marked by fearless resolution; valiant
enthymemes
syllogisms in which one of the premises is implicit
epigram
a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought; a terse, sage, or witty and often paradoxical saying
erudition
extensive knowledge acquired chiefly from books; profound, recondite, or bookish learning
expatiates
speaks or writes at length or in detail
extempore
composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment; impromptu
gaffer
an old man
homunculus
a little man; manikin
japes
something designed to arouse amusement or laughter
myopic
a lack of foresight or discernment; a narrow view of something
nepenthe
a potion used by the ancients to induce forgetfulness of pain or sorrow
panegyrics
eulogistic orations or writing; formal or elaborate praises
platitudes
banal, trite, or stale remarks
prodigious
extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or degree; enormous
puerile
juvenile; childish; silly
quartan
occurring every fourth day
sanctimonious
hypocritically pious or devout
sanguine
confident; optimistic; also describes a blood-red color
scintilla
spark; trace
shyster
a person who is professionally unscrupulous, especially in the practice of law or politics
sophist
philosopher; any of a class of ancient Greek teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and the art of successful living, prominent about the middle of the fifth century b.c. for their adroit subtle and allegedly often specious reasoning; a captious or fallacious reasoner
