| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| dilatory |
used to cause a delay. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| extenuate |
to reduce the magnitude or seriousness of (a fault or offense) by offering partial excuses. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |