| affidavit |
a written statement that is sworn in the presence of an authorized official to be true, used as legal evidence. |
| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| élan |
enthusiasm or vigor. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| occlude |
to close or obstruct (a passage or opening, one's vision, or the like). |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |
| 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. |