| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| expound |
to discuss or explain in detail (usually followed by "on" or "upon"). |
| extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| occlude |
to close or obstruct (a passage or opening, one's vision, or the like). |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| shibboleth |
a slogan, phrase, or belief that characterizes or is held devotedly by a group. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| 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. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |