| abash |
to cause to feel embarrassed, uneasy, or ashamed. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| fixation |
an obsession, especially one that interferes with normal functioning. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| 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. |