| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| cravat |
a scarf or band of cloth tied loosely about the neck. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| internecine |
of or pertaining to conflict, discord, or struggle within a group. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| opprobrious |
expressing condemnation or scorn; accusing of shameful behavior. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |
| 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. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |