| affidavit |
a written statement that is sworn in the presence of an authorized official to be true, used as legal evidence. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| daunt |
to lessen the determination of; intimidate; discourage. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| 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. |