| abrogate |
to abolish, repeal, or nullify by authority. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| élan |
enthusiasm or vigor. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
| lacuna |
a gap or omitted part. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| sartorial |
of or pertaining to tailors or tailored clothing, especially men's clothing. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| 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. |