apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
euphoria |
a strong feeling of well-being or elation, sometimes unrealistic or unwarranted, and able to be induced by certain drugs. |
impromptu |
without advance plan or preparation; spontaneously. |
indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
pelf |
money or wealth, usually regarded with disapproval or contempt. |
preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
prerogative |
an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like. |
topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |