| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| equivocal |
having at least two plausible alternative meanings, often intentionally so in order to deceive or avoid commitment; ambiguous. |
| expatiate |
to discuss something at great length; describe in great detail. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| ineptitude |
incompetence; lack of skill. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| 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. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |