| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| mélange |
a mixture, usually of very dissimilar elements. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| obtrude |
to thrust or force (oneself, one's concerns, or one's opinions) on another or others without being asked. |
| obviate |
to prevent or eliminate in advance; render unnecessary or irrelevant. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| sartorial |
of or pertaining to tailors or tailored clothing, especially men's clothing. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |