| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| foible |
a minor flaw or weakness in personality, character, or behavior. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| paroxysm |
a sudden strong outburst of feelings or actions. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| reprobate |
an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |