| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| perquisite |
a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| 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. |