| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| cavalier |
carefree and offhand; nonchalant. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| interdict |
to deter or impede by the steady use of firepower. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |