| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| blithe |
indifferent or casual; unconcerned. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| imprimatur |
any official permission or sanction. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |