| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| blithe |
indifferent or casual; unconcerned. |
| cognizant |
aware; informed (usually followed by "of"). |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| derelict |
failing to fulfill one's responsibilities or obligations; remiss. |
| extenuate |
to reduce the magnitude or seriousness of (a fault or offense) by offering partial excuses. |
| fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |
| 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. |