| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| bibulous |
addicted to alcohol; alcoholic. |
| 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. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| gadfly |
a persistent critic, especially of established institutions and policies. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| occlude |
to close or obstruct (a passage or opening, one's vision, or the like). |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| sanctimony |
a pretense of righteousness or piety; feigned devotion or holiness. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| 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. |