| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
| diurnal |
occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime. |
| epistemology |
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| impugn |
to call into question; challenge or try to discredit. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| opprobrious |
expressing condemnation or scorn; accusing of shameful behavior. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| refulgent |
shining brilliantly; radiant. |
| 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. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |