| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |