| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| denigrate |
to deny the worth of; sneer at; belittle. |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| disingenuous |
not candid or sincere. |
| extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |