apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
fungible |
interchangeable. |
imbroglio |
a difficult, confused, or complicated situation, often involving a misunderstanding, disagreement, or quarrel. |
immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |