| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| idiosyncrasy |
a characteristic of temperament, habit, or physical structure particular to a given individual or group; peculiarity. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| lorgnette |
eyeglasses, such as opera glasses, that have a short handle by which one holds them in position. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |