| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| deadeye |
an expert shooter. |
| élan |
enthusiasm or vigor. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| flout |
to show scorn or contempt for, especially by openly or deliberately disobeying. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| pathos |
a quality in life or art that evokes pity, sadness, or compassion. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |