| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| asceticism |
self-discipline and self-denial as a means of spiritual improvement. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. |
| disaffection |
an absence or loss of good will, faith, or loyalty, especially toward a government, principle, or the like. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
| 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. |