| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| élan |
enthusiasm or vigor. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| parvenu |
a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. |
| prerogative |
an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| 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. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |