| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| diurnal |
occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| stipple |
a method of painting, drawing, or engraving by applying small points, dots, or dabs to a surface. |
| 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. |