| abject |
of the lowest or most wretched kind. |
| ameliorate |
to make better; improve. |
| diffident |
unsure of oneself; shy; demure. |
| disparate |
essentially different and distinct. |
| dispensary |
a room in an institution, such as a hospital, in which medical supplies are kept and given out. |
| dissertation |
a formal and usually lengthy exposition in speech or writing, especially a detailed report of research by a candidate for a doctoral degree. |
| emanate |
to come or send forth; issue or emit. |
| embellishment |
a beautifying decoration or addition. |
| incongruous |
not suitable or fitting; out of place. |
| inhibit |
to hold back, restrain, prevent, or tend to do so. |
| jurisdiction |
the right or authority to interpret and administer the law. |
| probity |
proven trustworthiness; honesty; integrity. |
| refract |
to bend (rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like) in passing (them) obliquely from one medium into another which transmits them at a different speed. |
| tensile |
of or relating to tension. |
| timely |
happening at just the right moment. |