| affidavit |
a written statement that is sworn in the presence of an authorized official to be true, used as legal evidence. |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| colloquialism |
a word or phrase typically used in conversational, informal, or regional speech or writing, hence sometimes considered inappropriate in formal writing. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| contretemps |
an embarrassing or unfortunate happening; mishap; mischance. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| perquisite |
a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |