| aggregate |
a sum, combination, or composite of separable elements. |
| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| disquisition |
a formal, often lengthy, oral or written discussion of a subject. |
| electuary |
a drug mixed with honey, syrup, or the like to form a paste to be smeared on the teeth or gums of a sick animal. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |