| asceticism |
self-discipline and self-denial as a means of spiritual improvement. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| denigrate |
to deny the worth of; sneer at; belittle. |
| indistinct |
not clearly perceived or perceiving. |
| lien |
a legal claim on a piece of property when the current owner is in default on a debt or obligation. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| opiate |
something that induces relaxation, calm, or stupor. |
| parlous |
full of dangers or risks; perilous. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |