| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| effluvium |
an outflow of usually invisible, foul-smelling vapor or gas. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |