| apotheosis |
a perfect or ideal example; epitome. |
| dilatory |
used to cause a delay. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
| indemnity |
insurance against damage, loss, or liability. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |
| 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. |