| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| deterge |
to cleanse, wash, or wipe off. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| inadvertent |
not planned or intended; unintentional. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| mahatma |
(sometimes capitalized) in Buddhism and theosophy, any of a class of persons revered for their wisdom and love of humanity. |
| pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| recant |
to withdraw from commitment to (a former position or statement), especially publicly; retract. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |
| 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. |