affidavit |
a written statement that is sworn in the presence of an authorized official to be true, used as legal evidence. |
assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
colloquialism |
a word or phrase typically used in conversational, informal, or regional speech or writing, hence sometimes considered inappropriate in formal writing. |
glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
munificent |
having or showing great generosity. |
neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
sere1 |
dried up or withered. |