| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| 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. |
| misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
| pelf |
money or wealth, usually regarded with disapproval or contempt. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |