| cognizant |
aware; informed (usually followed by "of"). |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| incumbent |
currently holding an office or position. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| shibboleth |
a slogan, phrase, or belief that characterizes or is held devotedly by a group. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |