| affidavit |
a written statement that is sworn in the presence of an authorized official to be true, used as legal evidence. |
| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| condign |
well-deserved or fitting, especially of punishment or reprimand. |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| fixation |
an obsession, especially one that interferes with normal functioning. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |