| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| extrinsic |
not inherent or essential; extraneous. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| indulgent |
gratifying, or being inclined to gratify or yield to others' wishes, especially rather than enforcing discipline or strictness. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| perquisite |
a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |