| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| affidavit |
a written statement that is sworn in the presence of an authorized official to be true, used as legal evidence. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| insouciant |
having no cares or anxieties; light-hearted; carefree. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |