| affidavit |
a written statement that is sworn in the presence of an authorized official to be true, used as legal evidence. |
| atavism |
the recurrence or reappearance of a particular trait, style, attitude, or behavior that seemed to have disappeared, or that which has recurred or reappeared after such an absence. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| stentorian |
extremely loud and powerful. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |