| affidavit |
a written statement that is sworn in the presence of an authorized official to be true, used as legal evidence. |
| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
| laconic |
using very few words; succinct; terse. |
| malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| 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. |