| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| derelict |
failing to fulfill one's responsibilities or obligations; remiss. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| 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. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |