| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| apprise |
to inform (often followed by "of"). |
| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |