| affidavit |
a written statement that is sworn in the presence of an authorized official to be true, used as legal evidence. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| denigrate |
to deny the worth of; sneer at; belittle. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |