| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| aplomb |
great self-confidence, composure, or poise. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
| consummate |
of the highest order or degree. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| demulcent |
an oily or sticky substance used especially to soothe irritation in mucous membranes. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |
| 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. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |