| cachet |
prestige. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| disingenuous |
not candid or sincere. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| modus operandi |
a method of accomplishing something; way of working. |
| munificent |
having or showing great generosity. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |
| 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. |