| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| emote |
to express or simulate feelings, especially in an exaggerated or theatrical manner. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| munificent |
having or showing great generosity. |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |