| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |