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| n. sculpture whose ornament or figures are somewhat raised above the background (“low relief”); slightly raised |
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| v. to lower in quality, value, or dignity; to degrade |
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| n. a downward slope; the slope of a hill |
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| n. a natural inclination or tendency |
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| n. 1. a substance like yeast or a small amount of unfermented dough that causes dough to expand or rise 2. a lightening or enlivening influence |
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| n. 1. sleight of hand; magic tricks 2. any trickery or deception |
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| n. 1. the action of a lever that raises or lifts 2. power to influence; a position of strength |
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| v. to rise or float, or cause to rise, seemingly despite gravity |
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| n. lightness in speech or behavior, especially unbecoming jocularity; frivolity |
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| n. a strong inclination or liking |
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| adj. 1. extremely heavy; massive 2. unwieldy or tedious 3. dull or tedious, boring |
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| adj. unable to be assessed or measured precisely |
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| adj. superior in number, force, power, or importance |
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| n. 1. a step-like formation of troops, ships, or aircraft 2. a level of command or authority |
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| adj. going beyond the limits of ordinary experience |
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| n. a person who holds an office or position adj. 1. already holding an office or position 2. required as a duty or obligation (often used with on) |
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| adj. reclining; lying down |
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| v. 1. to yield, to give in or up, especially to a powerful force or desire (often used with to) 2. to die |
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| n. a psychological disorder characterized by the illusionary conviction that one is ill or in pain, or likely to become so |
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| n. 1. a theory or explanation that leads to further investigation for proof or disproof 2. an assumption on which a conclusion or decision is based |
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| n. a disaster or catastrophe on such a large scale that biological, environmental, or cultural elements are permanently altered or irreparably lost to the earth |
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| n. 1. an ancient mechanical device for firing missiles 2. a modern mechanism for launching aircraft from the deck of a ship v. to hurl or launch suddenly (as if from a slingshot); to spring up |
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| adj. 1. concentrating on the self in the expression of feelings and perceptions 2. relating to personal opinions and thought processes rather than factual information or universal experience |
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| v. to turn aside an instinctual, perhaps primitive, impulse in favor of a more socially or cultural acceptable activity |
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| v. 1. to induce a person in secret to commit a misdeed or a crime 2. to induce someone to give false testimony |
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| n. an artifice, device, or evasion to hide or avoid something, or to escape an outcome |
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| n. a thing or a quality that appears true or real |
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| n. 1. the condition or quality of being true or accurate 2. a belief, principle, or statement expressing some basic human truth |
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| v. to affirm; to declare or attest to positively or dogmatically |
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