| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| erudite |
having or showing a high level of scholarly knowledge; learned. |
| fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| prerogative |
an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |