| dispensary |
a room in an institution, such as a hospital, in which medical supplies are kept and given out. |
| dissuade |
to urge or convince not to do something. |
| efficacy |
the ability to produce desired results; effectiveness. |
| encroachment |
the act of exceeding proper or intended limits, as of territory or property. |
| encumbrance |
something or someone that hinders or burdens; impediment. |
| fallible |
capable of making mistakes; liable to error. |
| harangue |
a long, vehement, and often pompous speech or piece of writing, especially such a speech delivered in public; tirade. |
| imperative |
very important; urgent. |
| landlocked |
without any access to the sea. |
| maxim |
a brief, concise statement of a general or basic truth or rule, especially for proper conduct. |
| pedantry |
the act or practice, or an instance, of flaunting one's learnedness or of being overly insistent on scholarly formalities or details. |
| permissive |
allowing much, often excessive, freedom of behavior; lenient. |
| peruse |
to read or examine attentively and in detail. |
| rectitude |
moral or ethical propriety; uprightness. |
| venal |
capable of acting dishonestly or wrongly in return for money or the like; open to accepting bribes; corrupt. |