| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| impugn |
to call into question; challenge or try to discredit. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| lorgnette |
eyeglasses, such as opera glasses, that have a short handle by which one holds them in position. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| sepsis |
infection, especially by pus-forming bacteria in the blood or tissues. |