| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| blithe |
indifferent or casual; unconcerned. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| foible |
a minor flaw or weakness in personality, character, or behavior. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| reprobate |
an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption. |
| 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. |