| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| atavism |
the recurrence or reappearance of a particular trait, style, attitude, or behavior that seemed to have disappeared, or that which has recurred or reappeared after such an absence. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| gadfly |
a persistent critic, especially of established institutions and policies. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| lapidary |
an expert on or dealer in gemstones. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| obtrude |
to thrust or force (oneself, one's concerns, or one's opinions) on another or others without being asked. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |