| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| apprise |
to inform (often followed by "of"). |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| granulate |
to make into small particles or grains. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| stipple |
a method of painting, drawing, or engraving by applying small points, dots, or dabs to a surface. |