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Belabor
1. to discuss in too much detail 2. To attack
Discomfit
To embarrass and confuse
Edification
Improvement or enlightenment
Elaborate
to explain in great detail
Feasible
Capable of being accomplished
Laborious
Requiring mental or physical effort
Lethargy
a state of sluggishness, inactivity and apathy
Liturgy
A pattern of prayer or worship
Magnum opus
the greatest work of a artist
Malfeasance
Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official
Modus Operandi
Manner of working
Opulent
possessing or exhibiting great wealth; affluent
Surfeit
Condition of being too full; overabundance
Synergy
The power that results from the combination of two or more forces.