| azure |
the color of a clear blue sky. |
| backwater |
any place that is seen as primitive, unchanging, or stagnant. |
| demean1 |
to lower in esteem, stature, or dignity; degrade. |
| dexterity |
grace and easy quickness in using the hands or body; skill. |
| gentry |
people who come from families of high social standing. |
| laggard |
someone or something that falls behind the pace of others. |
| magnitude |
size or extent. |
| militant |
aggressive or combative in attitude or actions, especially in defense of a cause. |
| notation |
a system of signs used to stand for numbers, words, or musical notes. |
| plagiarize |
to wrongfully and deliberately claim as one's own (the ideas, words, or the like) of someone else. |
| preponderance |
superiority in amount, strength, significance, weight, or the like. |
| treatise |
a detailed and formal written work, usually dealing systematically with a single theme or subject. |
| upshot |
the most important issue, result, or conclusion. |
| usurp |
to take and hold (a right, position, office, or the like) illegally, wrongfully, or by force. |
| verve |
energetic enthusiasm; liveliness. |