Grammar Clinic

1. A large or excessive amount of (something). Example: “a plethora of committees and subcommittees“ 2. An excess of a bodily fluid, particularly blood.

1. Renovate and redecorate (something, especially a building). Example: “the premises have been completely refurbished in our corporate style” 2. To brighten or freshen up.

1. An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect. Example: “the movie is a parody of the horror genre”

1. Excessively fond of drinking alcohol. Example: “his bibulous act got him into that mess” 2. Highly absorbent.

1. An award or privilege granted as a special honor or as an acknowledgment of merit. Example: “the ultimate official accolade of a visit by the president”

1. Aggressively greedy or grasping. Example: “rapacious landlords” 2.Living on prey.

1. A person who is highly interested in a particular activity or subject. Example: “a sports car enthusiast” 2. A person of intense and visionary Christian views.

1. The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. Example: “a fortunate stroke of serendipity”

Embezzle (funds with which one has been entrusted). Example: “the officials were charged with defalcating government money”

1. Childishly silly and trivial Example: “you’re making puerile excuses”