| amortize |
to deduct (expenditures) by fixed amounts over a period of time. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| colloquialism |
a word or phrase typically used in conversational, informal, or regional speech or writing, hence sometimes considered inappropriate in formal writing. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| obviate |
to prevent or eliminate in advance; render unnecessary or irrelevant. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| redoubtable |
inspiring fear; formidable. |
| seminal |
of critical importance; essential. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |