| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| foible |
a minor flaw or weakness in personality, character, or behavior. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| sartorial |
of or pertaining to tailors or tailored clothing, especially men's clothing. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |