| armistice |
an agreement by groups of people or countries at war to stop fighting; truce. |
| asinine |
silly or willfully stupid. |
| efficacy |
the ability to produce desired results; effectiveness. |
| equivocation |
the act of communicating in ambiguous, shifting, or indecisive terms, often to avoid or deceive. |
| frond |
a long leaf with many small divisions. Ferns and palm trees have fronds. |
| iconoclast |
one who attacks and seeks to break down traditional beliefs and institutions or popular ideas and values. |
| impoverish |
to make poor; cause to live in poverty. |
| informant |
one who reports or confides what he or she knows to another; source. |
| onerous |
unwanted, unpleasant, and burdensome. |
| periphery |
the outer boundary or edge of an area or surface, or the region directly inside or outside of this. |
| perjury |
the crime of telling a lie in a court after promising under oath to tell the truth. |
| pilfer |
to steal, especially trifling amounts or things of small value. |
| regimen |
a regulated routine of therapy or exercise designed to promote health or fitness. |
| singe |
to burn slightly on the surface, end, or edge. |
| tacit |
suggested, implied, or understood, without being expressed in words. |