adage
A saying, often passed down over time, that sums up a general truth
asseveration
A positive or earnest declaration
chaise
A light two- or four-wheeled traveling or pleasure carriage, with a folding hood or calash top; designed for use by one or two people
churlish
Impolite, surly
colloquy
Casual conversation
commerce
The activity of buying and selling, especially on a large scale
commodious
Spacious or accommodating
complaisant
Willingly or obligingly eager to please
consanguinity
A state of being very close, as in kinship
cullibility
An older spelling of "gullibility" (the quality of being easily deceived or conned)
declension
Deterioration
ductility
The state of being easily led, influenced, or molded
felonious
Having the nature of, relating to, or concerning a felony
licentious
Acting in a sensual or depraved fashion
Peripatetic Philosophy
A school of philosophy in Ancient Greece that followed the teachings of Aristotle
prebendary
A clergyman who receives a stipend for officiating and serving in the church
punctilio
A very careful observation of a social form or manner
snuff
Fine-ground tobacco, intended for consumption by being inhaled or sniffed through the nose
splenetic
Angry, malevolent, spiteful
vestal
Chaste or pure of manner
