| apprise |
to inform (often followed by "of"). |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| impugn |
to call into question; challenge or try to discredit. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |