aggregate |
a sum, combination, or composite of separable elements. |
apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
germane |
having relevance to a given matter; pertinent; significant. |
glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
opprobrious |
expressing condemnation or scorn; accusing of shameful behavior. |
tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |
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. |