| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| expostulate |
to argue earnestly with someone, usually against an intended action; remonstrate. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| parvenu |
a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |
| 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. |