| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| idyllic |
charmingly simple and natural, as a scene or experience; suggestive of peaceful countryside. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| mahatma |
(sometimes capitalized) in Buddhism and theosophy, any of a class of persons revered for their wisdom and love of humanity. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |