| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| perilous |
causing or involving great danger; risky; hazardous. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| perquisite |
a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |