| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| extort |
to extract or obtain (money or the like) by force, threats, or abuse of authority. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| imprimatur |
any official permission or sanction. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| incumbent |
currently holding an office or position. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
| occlude |
to close or obstruct (a passage or opening, one's vision, or the like). |
| perquisite |
a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |