| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| foment |
to encourage the development of; instigate or foster. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| parvenu |
a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |