| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| foible |
a minor flaw or weakness in personality, character, or behavior. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| 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. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |