| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| coir |
the fiber made from coconut husks, used for matting, rope, or the like. |
| expostulate |
to argue earnestly with someone, usually against an intended action; remonstrate. |
| homily |
any discourse offering moral advice or admonitions. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| phlegmatic |
not given to shows of emotion or interest; slow to excite. |
| 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. |