| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| determinism |
the belief or teaching that every effect, including human thoughts and actions, is completely and predictably brought about by preceding causes and that, therefore, free will does not exist. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| emote |
to express or simulate feelings, especially in an exaggerated or theatrical manner. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| epistemology |
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| sepsis |
infection, especially by pus-forming bacteria in the blood or tissues. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |