| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| augury |
the art or practice or an instance of predicting the future or obtaining hidden knowledge by interpreting omens. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| parvenu |
a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |