| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| deterge |
to cleanse, wash, or wipe off. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| ineptitude |
incompetence; lack of skill. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| lorgnette |
eyeglasses, such as opera glasses, that have a short handle by which one holds them in position. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |