Opine
To opine is to express an opinion about something.
// Many people opine that social media platforms should be better regulated.
To opine is to express an opinion about something.
// Many people opine that social media platforms should be better regulated.
A gourmand is a person who loves and appreciates good food and drink. Gourmand can also refer to someone who enjoys eating and drinking to excess.
// He was a gourmand who retired to New Orleans to live close to the cuisine he loved best.
Virtuoso is used broadly to refer to a person who does something very skillfully, and is often used specifically to refer to a very skillful musician.
// He’s a real virtuoso in the kitchen, whipping up gourmet dishes for his family not just on holidays but on regular weeknights.
// Although the violin was her first instrument, she eventually proved to be a virtuoso on the harp.
shaped like a fiddle, as a leaf
To parlay something is to use or develop it in order to get something else of greater value. Parlay is often used with the word into.
// He hoped to parlay his basketball skills into a college scholarship.
// She parlayed $5,000 and years of hard work into a multimillion-dollar company.
Something is considered hackneyed when it is not interesting, funny, etc., because of being used too often; in other words, it's neither fresh nor original.
// The new crime drama's characters are shallow stereotypes who engage one another in hackneyed dialogue.
Cerulean describes things whose blue color resembles the blue of a clear sky.
// The painting depicts leafless trees bordering a cerulean lake.
to make soft or tender; soften
Secular describes things that are not spiritual; that is, they relate more to the physical world than the spiritual world. The word also carries the closely related meaning of "not religious."
// Each year, Ian directed his charitable giving toward secular concerns like affordable housing and arts programming for teens.
// In her autobiography, the actor mentions that her education in parochial school was not so different from that of secular institutions.
To cozen someone is to deceive, win over, or induce them to do something by coaxing or trickery.
// The organization cozened scores of people by persuading them to participate in a fraudulent investment scheme.