1 a: to renounce upon oath / b: to reject solemnly
2: to abstain from: avoid
adjure
1: to command solemnly under or as if under oath or penalty of a curse
2: to urge or advise earnestly
vitreous
2: of, relating to, derived from, or consisting of glass
priapic
Etymology: Latin priapus lecher, from Priapus
1: phallic
2: relating to or preoccupied with virility or male sexual excitement
apposite
: highly pertinent or appropriate : apt
plangent
1: having a loud reverberating sound
2: having an expressive and especially plaintive quality
vatic
: prophetic, oracular
apotropaic
: designed to avert evil
descant
2: discourse or comment on a theme
chthonic
of or relating to the undeworld
equanimity
Etymology: Latin aequanimitas, from aequo animo with even mind
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