| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| duress |
intimidation or coercion. |
| expostulate |
to argue earnestly with someone, usually against an intended action; remonstrate. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| jubilate |
to feel joyful; rejoice; exult. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| stipple |
a method of painting, drawing, or engraving by applying small points, dots, or dabs to a surface. |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |