| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
| omnibus |
concerning or including a large collection of things. |
| plaudit |
(often plural) an enthusiastic show of approval, such as a round of applause or a very favorable review. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| 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. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |