| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| determinism |
the belief or teaching that every effect, including human thoughts and actions, is completely and predictably brought about by preceding causes and that, therefore, free will does not exist. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| 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. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |