apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
effluvium |
an outflow of usually invisible, foul-smelling vapor or gas. |
entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
erudite |
having or showing a high level of scholarly knowledge; learned. |
inadvertent |
not planned or intended; unintentional. |
kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
stentorian |
extremely loud and powerful. |