| affidavit |
a written statement that is sworn in the presence of an authorized official to be true, used as legal evidence. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| halcyon |
tranquil; peaceful; calm. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| ostentation |
a showy display to impress others. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| stentorian |
extremely loud and powerful. |
| 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. |