| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| amortize |
to deduct (expenditures) by fixed amounts over a period of time. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| electuary |
a drug mixed with honey, syrup, or the like to form a paste to be smeared on the teeth or gums of a sick animal. |
| 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. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |