| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| lien |
a legal claim on a piece of property when the current owner is in default on a debt or obligation. |
| obtrude |
to thrust or force (oneself, one's concerns, or one's opinions) on another or others without being asked. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| plaudit |
(often plural) an enthusiastic show of approval, such as a round of applause or a very favorable review. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |