| affidavit |
a written statement that is sworn in the presence of an authorized official to be true, used as legal evidence. |
| apprise |
to inform (often followed by "of"). |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| modus operandi |
a method of accomplishing something; way of working. |
| opiate |
something that induces relaxation, calm, or stupor. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |