| apprise |
to inform (often followed by "of"). |
| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usually defamatory to someone. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| germane |
having relevance to a given matter; pertinent; significant. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |