| dispensary |
a room in an institution, such as a hospital, in which medical supplies are kept and given out. |
| engross |
to take all the attention of; interest fully. |
| glib |
speaking or prone to speak easily and fluently, especially in a careless or thoughtless manner, with little concern for the truth. |
| hypocrite |
a person who pretends to be different or better than he or she really is. Someone who does not act according to his or her stated beliefs is a hypocrite. |
| lineage1 |
descent from or the descendants of a common or particular ancestor or ancestry. |
| monochromatic |
having or using only a single color or shades of one color. |
| profane |
irreverent or irreligious; blasphemous. |
| prurient |
characterized by or causing lewdness or lust. |
| recluse |
a person who lives in voluntary isolation from others. |
| reparation |
the act or process of making amends for wrongdoing or injury. |
| secular |
of or concerning the world and material concerns as opposed to religious or spiritual concerns; temporal. |
| simile |
a figure of speech in which two different things are compared by using the words "like" or "as." "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb" is an example of a simile. |
| slur |
to speak of disparagingly; belittle. |
| statute |
a law made by a legislature, as opposed to one established by the courts. |
| unchallenged |
not or not having been questioned, disputed, or contested. |