| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| disencumber |
to remove burdens or hindrances from. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |
| reprobate |
an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption. |
| sepsis |
infection, especially by pus-forming bacteria in the blood or tissues. |