| amortize |
to deduct (expenditures) by fixed amounts over a period of time. |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| electuary |
a drug mixed with honey, syrup, or the like to form a paste to be smeared on the teeth or gums of a sick animal. |
| expound |
to discuss or explain in detail (usually followed by "on" or "upon"). |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| inveigle |
to entice or ensnare by clever talk or flattery. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| sartorial |
of or pertaining to tailors or tailored clothing, especially men's clothing. |
| 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. |