| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| derelict |
failing to fulfill one's responsibilities or obligations; remiss. |
| dilatory |
used to cause a delay. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| effluvium |
an outflow of usually invisible, foul-smelling vapor or gas. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| mahatma |
(sometimes capitalized) in Buddhism and theosophy, any of a class of persons revered for their wisdom and love of humanity. |
| obviate |
to prevent or eliminate in advance; render unnecessary or irrelevant. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |