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affidavit n a statement signed and sworn to be true The witness, though she could not attend court, provided a notarized affidavit that attested to the truth of her testimony.
consummate v/adj 1. As a verb, to finish and bring to
completion The businessmen consummated the merger over a lunch. 2. As an
adj., to the highest degree of perfection or completion Rosa's Italian
cooking was a consummate example of the Tuscan art.
defile v to make unclean or unholy, especially by treating with disrespect You have defiled the memory of your grandfather by claiming that he would support your plan to close the orphanage and erect a K-Mart on the site.
dirge n a slow mournful piece of music played at a funeral What kind of birthday song do you call that??!! It sounds more like a dirge to me.
disparage v to speak of in a slighting way, to reduce in esteem or rank I can't stand falsely humble people who disparage their own work in front of me, hoping that they can thereby get me to praise it all the more.
harrow v to terrify and cause great emotional pain Hecuba, forced to watch the execution of her 19 children, was harrowed by grief.
incredulous adj tending
to disbelieve (the root "cred" means "belief, as in
"credence," "credible," and "credo). Your story
about being taken aboard the alien spacecraft has left me more than a little
incredulous.
manifold adj of many different kinds, shapes, or varieties The ways in which you can prepare pasta are manifold; one could eat for years without repeating the same recipe.
tangible adj capable of being touched or felt Though she felt good about a job well done, she was more pleased with the tangible reward of a fat bonus.
wane
v
to shrink or grow smaller, esp. as the moon or an interest Because the moon
waxes and wanes in a monthly cycle, it has long been connected with
changeability in human fortunes.