| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| deadeye |
an expert shooter. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |
| 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. |
| 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. |