Obscure
leach
To leach is to drain one substance out of another by means of a percolating liquid, as rainwater may leach nutrients out of soil
imply
To imply is to suggest, to say something without saying it.
lie
intransitive (lie) present tense
its
"Its" is the possessive of "it"
Something poky is irritatingly slow, or provincial, or frumpy
humus
Humus is decaying organic matter in soil
infer
To infer is to draw a conclusion from information perhaps obliquely offered, to figure out, to deduce.
lay
Two options:
transitive (lay) present tense
intransitive (lie) past tense
phase
A phase is a stage of development, as a child may go through a phase of refusing to eat vegetables; to phase is to perform an action over time, as in phasing out outmoded textbooks
epigram
An epigram is a succinct, smart, and, as a rule, humorous statement, of the sort Oscar Wilde used to toss about like Ritz crackers to stray ducks. For instance, from the irresistibly quotable The importance of Being Earnest: "All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his."
forego
To forego is to precede
forgo
To forgo is to do without
laying
transitive (lay) present participle
hone
To hone is to sharpen
A plummy speaking voice is too rich, too proper, too self-conscious—that is to day, too-too
founder (v.)
to founder is to sink or to fail
effect (v.)
"To effect change"—that is, to cause change to happen
lying
everyday
"Everyday" is an adjective ("an everyday occurence")
kibitz
To kibitz is to chitchat. Used with a bit more shade, it's to offer meddlesome advice from the sidelines, particularly at a card game. Note that it's spelled with a single b.
immanent
To be immanent is to be inherent—built in, so to speak. One most frequently, when at all, sees the term applied to constitutional rights and the existence and influence of God
affect (n.)
"A set of observable manifestations of a subjectively experienced emotion"
lain
flier
A flier is a person or thing that flies. When it comes to pieces of paper you don't want handed to you by people whose causes you're not interested in, some opt for "flier" and some opt for "flyer." I suggest reserving "flier" for the soaring-in-the-air thing and "flyer" for the sheet of paper heading imminently into the recycle bin.
pixilated
To be pixilated is to be confusedly crazy; it's a silly-sounding word (derived from "pixie") so perhaps best reserved for silly sorts of craziness