| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| jubilate |
to feel joyful; rejoice; exult. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| ostentation |
a showy display to impress others. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| recant |
to withdraw from commitment to (a former position or statement), especially publicly; retract. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |