| allusive |
abounding in or characterized by indirect references to culture, history, or other works of art, which are to be recognized or understood by the audience. |
| dalliance |
a wasting away of time; loitering; dawdling. |
| divest |
to take rights or property away from; dispossess, especially by legal means. |
| gaffe |
a crude social error; blunder; faux pas. |
| gratis |
without charging money; freely. |
| imperil |
to put at risk; endanger. |
| nonchalant |
not showing excitement or anxiety; coolly confident, unflustered, or unworried;casually indifferent. |
| parable |
a very short story told to teach a moral or religious lesson. |
| perforate |
to make a hole in. |
| progenitor |
an ancestor or forebear. |
| scandalous |
causing, or likely to cause, a scandal; shocking; disgraceful. |
| skeptical |
having or showing doubt; questioning. |
| solicitous |
anxiously or tenderly concerned or attentive (usually followed by about, of, or for.) |
| soporific |
causing sleep or sleepiness. |
| vouch |
to promise to be true, real, or correct (usually followed by "for"). |