| bibulous |
addicted to alcohol; alcoholic. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| consummate |
of the highest order or degree. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |