| antipodes |
places directly opposite each other on the surface of the earth, as the North Pole and the South Pole. |
| arrears |
the state of being delinquent in the payment of financial obligations (usually preceded by "in"). |
| bifurcation |
the act or result of dividing into two branches, or the state of being so divided. |
| buttress |
a structure built to give support to the outside of a building or a wall. |
| didactic |
intended to educate or instruct, especially in moral values. |
| disparity |
the condition or an instance of being unlike, unequal, or of different kinds; difference. |
| fusion |
the act of fusing or joining together. |
| grandiloquence |
speech that is pretentious, pompous, or excessively mannered. |
| Lilliputian |
(often lower case) very tiny; extremely small. |
| ravish |
to overwhelm with emotion or sensation; enrapture. |
| replenish |
to make complete or full again; refill. |
| ricochet |
to bounce or skip off a surface at an angle; rebound. |
| Spartan |
(usually lower case) characterised by simplicity and austerity. |
| spurious |
not genuine, authentic, or valid; false. |
| squalor |
living conditions that are filthy, or the state of being dirty or foul. |