| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| idiosyncrasy |
a characteristic of temperament, habit, or physical structure particular to a given individual or group; peculiarity. |
| indemnity |
insurance against damage, loss, or liability. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| jubilate |
to feel joyful; rejoice; exult. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| veneration |
a feeling of great respect; awe; reverence. |