| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| blithe |
indifferent or casual; unconcerned. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| lattice |
a flat framework made with strips of wood or other material. The strips cross each other and have open spaces in between. A lattice is often used as a screen on a porch or in a garden. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |