| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| homily |
any discourse offering moral advice or admonitions. |
| impediment |
an obstacle or hindrance. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |
| 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. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |