1 : the angular distance of a planet from its perihelion as seen from the sun

2 : deviation from the common rule : irregularity

3 : something anomalous : something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily clas

1 : to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease <unable to assuage their grief>

2 : pacify, quiet <vainly strove…to assuage an implacable foe — Edward Gibbon>

3 : to put an end to by satisfying : appease, quench <assuaging his thirst>

1 a: subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse <an equivocal statement> b: uncertain as an indication or sign <equivocal evidence>

2 a: of uncertain nature or classification <equivocal shapes> b: of uncertain disposition toward a person or thing : undecided <an equivocal attitude> c: of doubtful advantage, genuineness, or moral rectitude <equivocal behavior>

1 : very hot : burning

2 : marked by often extreme fervor <a fervid crusader>

1 a: suffused with light : luminous b: translucent <snorkeling in the lucid sea>

2: having full use of one's faculties : sane3: clear to the understanding : intelligible

1 a: to throw violently : hurl <the quandaries into which the release of nuclear energy has precipitated mankind — A. B. Arons> b: to throw down

2: to bring about especially abruptly <precipitate a scandal that would end with his expulsion — John Cheever>

3 a: to cause to separate from solution or suspension b: to cause (vapor) to condense and fall or deposit

1 : characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish <a prodigal feast> <prodigal outlays for her clothes>

2 : recklessly spendthrift <the prodigal prince>

3 : yielding abundantly : luxuriant

1 : an obscure speech or writing

2 : something hard to understand or explain

3 : an inscrutable or mysterious person

1 : to dry up

2 : to preserve (a food) by drying : dehydrate

3 : to drain of emotional or intellectual vitality

1 : beget procreate

2 : to cause to exist or to develop : produce

1 : lasting one day only <an ephemeral fever>

2 : lasting a very short time <ephemeral pleasures>

1 : of the same or a similar kind or nature

2 : of uniform structure or composition throughout <a culturally homogeneous neighborhood>

1 : full of excessive talk : wordy

2 : given to fluent or excessive talk : garrulous

1: to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify <aggressiveness may be mitigated or…channeled — Ashley Montagu>

2 a: to make less severe or painful : alleviate

1 a: to sway through lack of equilibrium b: fluctuate oscillate

2: to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses

1obsolete : opposition in feeling

2: settled aversion or dislike : distaste <his well-known antipathy to taxes>

3: an object of aversion

noun

1 : a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased <she delivered the eulogy at his funeral>

2 : high praise

1 : given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative

2 : wordy 1 <garrulous speeches>

1: capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers

2 a: capable of being altered or controlled by outside forces or influences b: having a capacity for adaptive change

1 a: stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing b: hardened in feelings

2: resistant to persuasion or softening influences

1 : to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference

2 : to honor (as an icon or a relic) with a ritual act of devotion

1: to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction

2 a: to weave or sway unsteadily to and fro : reel totter b: quiver flicker <wavering flames> c: to hesitate as if about to give way : falter

3: to give an unsteady sound : quaver

1 : to laugh at contemptuously 

2 : to subject to usually bitter or contemptuous ridicule