| alcove |
a partly enclosed area of a room. |
| amalgamate |
to combine or blend into a single unit. |
| colloquial |
characteristic of or suited to informal or familiar conversation or to writing that is imitative of conversational tone. |
| exculpate |
to free (a person or group) from guilt or blame, or from the suspicion of guilt or blame. |
| extant |
still in existence; current; not extinct, destroyed, or lost. |
| grandiloquent |
speaking or expressed in a pretentious, pompous, or excessively ornate fashion. |
| interject |
to insert (a remark or comment) between words or remarks or in the middle of a conversation or discussion. |
| leer |
to give a sideways or nasty look or smile suggestive of malicious or sexual thoughts. |
| malevolent |
wishing or doing evil to others; ill-willed; malicious. |
| pervade |
to spread or be present everywhere in. |
| presumptive |
affording a reasonable basis for belief. |
| resurrect |
to restore to life or good standing; raise out of death or disrepute. |
| scrutinize |
to look at closely and carefully, with attention to detail. |
| shackle |
a metal band or one of a pair of metal rings used to bind the wrist or ankle of a prisoner or animal. |
| solvent |
having enough funds to meet obligations. |