| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| bilge |
the rounded part of a ship's hull between the bottom and the sides. |
| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| laconic |
using very few words; succinct; terse. |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| 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. |