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- ACTUARYRegistrar, clerk.
- ALACRITYEagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.
- ALIMONYA court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.
- ANILECharacteristic of a crone or a feeble old woman.
- BUBONICOf or pertaining to buboes.
- DEBASETo lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
- DECORUMAppropriate social behavior.
- DELUSIONAn adamant belief in a falsehood despite incontestable evidence.
- DEPOTA storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
- DEVIANTCharacterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.
- DICTA saying; a statement.
- DURABLEAble to resist wear or decay; lasting; enduring.
- ENDURETo continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
- FEIGNTo make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
- FESTA gathering for a specified reason or occasion.
- FRAGILEEasily broken, not sturdy; of delicate material.
- FRUGAL: Careful or wise in expenditure; avoiding waste.
- FUTILEIncapable of producing results, useless; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting.
- HIATUSA gap in a series, making it incomplete.
- INCREDULOUSSkeptical, disbelieving, or unable to believe.
- LEAVENAny agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.
- LEGUMEThe fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food.
- LEISUREFreedom provided by the cessation of activities.
- LUPINEWolfish (all senses); wolflike.
- MALICIOUSIntending to do harm; characterized by spite and malice.
- MANDIBLEThe jaw or a jawbone, especially the lower jawbone in mammals and fishes.
- MUTTONThe meat of sheep used as food; especially, that of adults.
- NEBULAA cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
- NEGATETo deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.
- OBLIGATORYImposing obligation, legally, morally, or otherwise; binding; mandatory.
- OPINETo express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that).
- ORBITALOf or relating to, or forming an orbit (such as the orbit of a moon, planet, or spacecraft).
- POULTRYDomestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese) raised for food (meat, eggs, or both).
- PRIMALBeing the first in time or in history.
- PROBATEThe legal process of verifying the legality of a will.
- PURVIEWThe enacting part of a statute.
- RUCKUSA raucous disturbance and/or commotion.
- RUDIMENTA fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning.
- SALIENTWorthy of note; pertinent or relevant.
- SECULARNot specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
- SIGNATORYOne who signs or has signed something.
- SOLVENTA fluid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.
- SUPINELying on its back.
- SUPRAUsed to indicate that the current citation is from a source cited earlier in the text.
- TEPIDLukewarm; neither warm nor cool.
- TURGIDDistended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.
- VAPIDOffering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
- VINDICATETo clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
- VORACITYThe state of being voracious; rapacity or extreme gluttony.