| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| germane |
having relevance to a given matter; pertinent; significant. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| impediment |
an obstacle or hindrance. |
| lacuna |
a gap or omitted part. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| 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. |