| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| demulcent |
an oily or sticky substance used especially to soothe irritation in mucous membranes. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| extrinsic |
not inherent or essential; extraneous. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |