| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| consummate |
of the highest order or degree. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| 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. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| perilous |
causing or involving great danger; risky; hazardous. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| 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. |