To exhort someone is to try to strongly urge them to do something.

// The volunteers exhorted the young adults to register to vote before the upcoming election.

noun: a loud, raucous noise

verb: make a raucous noise

verb: complain whiningly

the position of the narrator in relation to the story, as indicated by the narrator's outlook from which the events are depicted and by the attitude toward the characters.

Tincture refers to a solution made by mixing a medicinal substance in an alcoholic solvent. It can also refer to a slight trace of something, as in “a tincture of doubt.”

Tincture refers to a solution made by mixing a medicinal substance in an alcoholic solvent. It can also refer to a slight trace of something, as in “a tincture of doubt.”

Permeable is a synonym of penetrable that is used especially to describe things that have pores or openings that permit liquids or gases to pass through.

Avoirdupois is synonymous with weight and heaviness, especially as related to the body. It also refers to the series of units of weight based on the pound of 16 ounces and the ounce of 16 drams.

Dexterous is a formal adjective used to describe someone or something that has or shows great skill or cleverness.

Felicitous is an adjective most often used in formal speech and writing to describe something that is very well expressed or suited for some purpose or situation. It can also be used as a synonym for pleasant or delightful.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Detritus refers to debris—that is, the pieces that remain when something breaks, falls apart, or is destroyed.

1. unwilling or reluctant to draw attention to oneself

2. restrained and formal in manner

3. not inclined to talk or provide information: reserved

 growth to a worldwide scale

A hallmark is a distinguishing characteristic, trait, or feature. Hallmark also refers to a mark or design placed or stamped on something to indicate its origin, purity, or genuineness, as in "sterling silver hallmarks."

// The entertainer's new book features the same kind of wry humor that is the hallmark of his radio show.

1. darkening or obscuring the sight of something

2. the activity of obscuring people’s understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered

3. confusion resulting from failure to understand

Woebegone describes someone or something that feels or shows great woe, sorrow, or misery.

// The team never looked more woebegone than it did heading back to the locker room after losing the championship to their rivals by a single run.

// Despite its woebegone appearance, the old mill town has a strong community and a vibrant arts scene.

1. generosity in bestowing gifts; a willingness to give liberally

2. a gift or money given as for service or out of benevolence; usually given in a showy way

Audacious is an adjective used to describe people, or things that people make or do, that are confident and daring, or bold and surprising.

// She made the audacious decision to quit her job.

// The band has been making original and creative music for well over ten years, but their latest album is their most audacious to date.

To parse something is to study it by looking closely at its parts. In grammar and linguistics, parse means "to divide (a sentence) into grammatical parts and identify the parts and their relations to each other."

// The lawyer meticulously parsed the wording of the final contract to be sure that her client would get all that he was asking for.

Fuliginous is a formal adjective that is synonymous with sooty; it describes things related to, containing, or producing soot. It can also describe things that are figuratively sooty—that is, dark or murky, as in "fuliginous soul"—as well as things that are dark or sooty in color, from crystals and insects to the plumage of some bird species.

Shill is an informal word that is used disapprovingly to mean “to talk about or describe someone or something in a favorable way for pay.” It is usually paired with for.

// It’s very common to see influencers shilling for different brands on their social media accounts.

Something described as extraneous does not form a necessary part of something else, and may also therefore be considered irrelevant or unimportant (as in “extraneous details”).

// The woman who reported the robbery kept bringing up extraneous facts, such as what she'd had for lunch.