| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| elide |
to leave out or slur, as a syllable or letter, in pronunciation. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
| parlous |
full of dangers or risks; perilous. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| reprobate |
an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |