| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| expostulate |
to argue earnestly with someone, usually against an intended action; remonstrate. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| sartorial |
of or pertaining to tailors or tailored clothing, especially men's clothing. |
| seminal |
of critical importance; essential. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |
| 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. |