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Palaver 

[noun,verb] 
MEANING: 

1. (n.) a long negotiation between enemies or esp. one between primitive tribes and european traders
2. (n.) long idle talk or chatter
3. (v.) to parley or negotiate
4. (v.) to talk idly or profusely
5. (v.) to coax or flatter

Braggadocio

[noun] 
MEANING:

1. empty boasting; bragging
2. a person who boasts; braggart

Extirpate

[transitive verb] 
MEANING:

1. to destroy or remove completely; exterminate
2. to pull up by; uproot

Logomachy 

[noun] 
MEANING:

1. an argument about or concerning words
2. a meaningless battle of words 

Liturgy 

[noun] 
MEANING:

the prescribed set forms of rituals for public religious worship