efficacy
nounThe ability to produce an intended result.
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Clear all filtersThe ability to produce an intended result.
An unpleasant smell or vapor emitted by something.
Shameless or insulting boldness.
An outpouring of emotion or words.
Expressing feelings with great enthusiasm and little restraint.
Unrestrained in expression
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Excessively occupied with one's own importance, interests, or achievements.
Excessively self-important
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Exceptionally and conspicuously bad.
To force someone or something out of a place.
Carefully developed and containing many details or complex features.
An explanation that adds detail, or the process of developing an idea more fully.
Addition of explanatory detail
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Filled with great joy or pride.
Filled with joy
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A poem or song expressing sorrow, especially for someone who has died.
Basic or essential to the nature of something.
To raise something in position, status, quality, or level.
Raise in level or standing
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To draw out a response, information, or feeling.
The skill or manner of speaking clearly and expressively.
Expressing ideas or feelings fluently and persuasively.
To make a meaning or difficult point clear.
To escape capture or remain beyond someone's grasp or understanding.
Escape capture
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Difficult to find, catch, achieve, or define.
Blissful or resembling an ideal paradise.
Extremely thin and weakened, especially through lack of nourishment.
To issue, flow, or originate from a source.
To take away the strength, effectiveness, or power of something.
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