declivity a downward slope or sloping, as of a hill
deigned condescended to do something thought to be slightly beneath one's dignity
Dipper the Big Dipper; a dipper-shaped group of stars in the constellation Ursa Major
discursively in a manner characterized by wandering from one topic to another or skimming over many apparently unconnected subjects; in a rambling, desultory, or digressive manner
draughts deep breaths
effrontery unashamed boldness; impudence; audacity; presumption
evocation an evoking, or calling forth
exanimate without animation; spiritless; inert
extry extra
facetious joking or trying to be jocular, especially at an inappropriate time
fatuity stupidity, especially complacent stupidity; smug foolishness
felicitous used or expressed in a way suitable to the occasion; aptly chosen; appropriate; apt
flagged made of flagstone, as a walkway or path
flux to flow or stream out
foist to get (a thing) accepted, sold, etc. by fraud, deception, etc.; palm off
fust first
