| agrarian |
pertaining to the ownership, tenure, or cultivation of land. |
| corpulent |
fat; portly; obese. |
| deity |
a god or goddess. |
| depreciate |
to lower the cost or value of, especially of property for tax purposes, or of money. |
| droll |
wryly amusing or humorous. |
| echelon |
a level of authority or rank, as in an organization. |
| effigy |
a likeness of a person, usually sculpted, as on a tomb. |
| ensue |
to occur as the result of an earlier event. |
| perfidy |
an act or the practice of conscious, deliberate disloyalty or treachery; breach of faith. |
| pernicious |
having a very harmful or fatal effect; injurious, deadly, or destructive. |
| provincial |
limited in outlook; narrow-minded. |
| recourse |
that which may be turned to for assistance, protection, or a way out of a difficult situation. |
| rile |
to make angry; irritate or annoy. |
| salvageable |
able to be saved or rescued from damage or destruction. |
| traduce |
to make malicious or false statements about; slander. |