| affidavit |
a written statement that is sworn in the presence of an authorized official to be true, used as legal evidence. |
| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| internecine |
of or pertaining to conflict, discord, or struggle within a group. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |