Apology

1. embroidered (adjective):

filled with fictitious or exaggerated details

“From me you will hear the whole truth, though not, by Zeus, gentlemen, expressed in embroidered and stylized phrases like theirs.” (Page 22)

2. dialect (noun):

a form of language particular to a region or social group

“Just as if I were really a stranger, you would certainly excuse me if I spoke in that dialect and manner in which I had been brought up.” (Page 23)

3. formidable (adjective):

inspiring respect or fear by virtue of one’s strong qualities

“These I fear much more than I fear Anytus and his friends, though they too are formidable.” (Page 23)

4. default (noun):

something that is standard, perhaps because it goes unchallenged

“Moreover, these accusers are numerous, and have been at it a long time; they spoke to you at an age when you would most readily believe them, some of you being children and adolescents, and they won their case by default, as there was no defense.