| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| apprise |
to inform (often followed by "of"). |
| bilge |
the rounded part of a ship's hull between the bottom and the sides. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| facsimile |
an exact copy or duplicate of something printed or of a picture. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| 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. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |