| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| compunction |
uneasiness about the propriety or suitability of an action; qualm. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| erudite |
having or showing a high level of scholarly knowledge; learned. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| mahatma |
(sometimes capitalized) in Buddhism and theosophy, any of a class of persons revered for their wisdom and love of humanity. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| stentorian |
extremely loud and powerful. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |