| arraign |
to bring before a court of law to respond to a charge or indictment. |
| cohesion |
the state or quality of having parts that are logically ordered or connected into a whole. |
| dispensary |
a room in an institution, such as a hospital, in which medical supplies are kept and given out. |
| embalm |
to treat (a corpse) with preservatives before burial. |
| emulate |
to try to be the same as or better than (another person), especially by imitating. |
| gratis |
without charging money; freely. |
| hypocrite |
a person who pretends to be different or better than he or she really is. Someone who does not act according to his or her stated beliefs is a hypocrite. |
| immobile |
standing or holding still; not moving; motionless. |
| intermittent |
alternately stopping and starting with pauses in between. |
| nepotism |
favoritism shown to a near relative, as in preferential hiring or patronage. |
| peevish |
irritable or easily annoyed; ill-tempered. |
| prohibitive |
serving as a preventative. |
| propound |
to propose or set forth for consideration. |
| speculative |
of, pertaining to, or based on conjecture or theorizing. |
| subsume |
to classify, consider, or include (an idea, proposition, or the like) in a more comprehensive or general category or principle. |