| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| amortize |
to deduct (expenditures) by fixed amounts over a period of time. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| denigrate |
to deny the worth of; sneer at; belittle. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| jubilate |
to feel joyful; rejoice; exult. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| pelf |
money or wealth, usually regarded with disapproval or contempt. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| sepsis |
infection, especially by pus-forming bacteria in the blood or tissues. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |