| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| effluvium |
an outflow of usually invisible, foul-smelling vapor or gas. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| extenuate |
to reduce the magnitude or seriousness of (a fault or offense) by offering partial excuses. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| granulate |
to make into small particles or grains. |
| obviate |
to prevent or eliminate in advance; render unnecessary or irrelevant. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| reprobate |
an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| 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. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |