austerity |
a tightened or stringent economy, as when there are high taxes, frozen wages, and shortages of consumer goods. |
bilge |
the rounded part of a ship's hull between the bottom and the sides. |
caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. |
decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
disquisition |
a formal, often lengthy, oral or written discussion of a subject. |
expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
impinge |
to encroach. |
jubilate |
to feel joyful; rejoice; exult. |
lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
sartorial |
of or pertaining to tailors or tailored clothing, especially men's clothing. |
syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |
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. |