| affidavit |
a written statement that is sworn in the presence of an authorized official to be true, used as legal evidence. |
| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| jubilate |
to feel joyful; rejoice; exult. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |
| 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. |