| abrogate |
to abolish, repeal, or nullify by authority. |
| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| apprise |
to inform (often followed by "of"). |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| perquisite |
a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position. |
| scion |
an offspring or heir. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |
| 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. |