| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| disingenuous |
not candid or sincere. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| flout |
to show scorn or contempt for, especially by openly or deliberately disobeying. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| occlude |
to close or obstruct (a passage or opening, one's vision, or the like). |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |
| 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. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |