| affidavit |
a written statement that is sworn in the presence of an authorized official to be true, used as legal evidence. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| euphoria |
a strong feeling of well-being or elation, sometimes unrealistic or unwarranted, and able to be induced by certain drugs. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| munificent |
having or showing great generosity. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |