| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| cognizant |
aware; informed (usually followed by "of"). |
| daunt |
to lessen the determination of; intimidate; discourage. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |