| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| apprise |
to inform (often followed by "of"). |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| condign |
well-deserved or fitting, especially of punishment or reprimand. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| élan |
enthusiasm or vigor. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| indemnity |
insurance against damage, loss, or liability. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |
| 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. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |