| apotheosis |
a perfect or ideal example; epitome. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| elide |
to leave out or slur, as a syllable or letter, in pronunciation. |
| foment |
to encourage the development of; instigate or foster. |
| granulate |
to make into small particles or grains. |
| homily |
any discourse offering moral advice or admonitions. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| 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. |