| affidavit |
a written statement that is sworn in the presence of an authorized official to be true, used as legal evidence. |
| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| derelict |
failing to fulfill one's responsibilities or obligations; remiss. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| expostulate |
to argue earnestly with someone, usually against an intended action; remonstrate. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| jubilate |
to feel joyful; rejoice; exult. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| sartorial |
of or pertaining to tailors or tailored clothing, especially men's clothing. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |