| aggregate |
a sum, combination, or composite of separable elements. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| imprimatur |
any official permission or sanction. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| 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. |