| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| disencumber |
to remove burdens or hindrances from. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| electuary |
a drug mixed with honey, syrup, or the like to form a paste to be smeared on the teeth or gums of a sick animal. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |