| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| aggregate |
a sum, combination, or composite of separable elements. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| daunt |
to lessen the determination of; intimidate; discourage. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
| obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
| parvenu |
a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| 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. |