| ambulatory |
able to walk about. |
| cadaver |
a dead body, especially one used for medical research or instruction. |
| dehumanize |
to deprive of individuality, spirit, or other human qualities; render routine or mechanical. |
| dictum |
a formal or official pronouncement or declaration. |
| fervor |
strength, heatedness, or intensity of feeling; impassioned enthusiasm. |
| foreshadow |
to signal or indicate beforehand; presage; prefigure. |
| pallor |
unnatural lack of color, especially of the face. |
| placid |
calm, smooth, or peaceful. |
| ravish |
to overwhelm with emotion or sensation; enrapture. |
| reclaim |
to recover the use of (land areas) by draining, hydrating, or otherwise reconditioning so that the land can be used for agriculture or other purposes. |
| referendum |
the submission of a legislative measure to a vote by the general public, or the vote thus taken. |
| reprehensible |
deserving of blame or reproof; condemnable; blameworthy. |
| retention |
the act or process of maintaining the possession or use of. |
| rift |
a break in social relations, because of a difference of opinion, quarrel, or the like; breach. |
| secrete |
to produce a fluid or other substance and release it into or out of the body. |