| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| pathos |
a quality in life or art that evokes pity, sadness, or compassion. |
| reprobate |
an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |