| accost |
to confront and speak first to, often aggressively. |
| alleviate |
to make (trouble or pain) easier to tolerate or accept; ease. |
| defunct |
no longer in existence or use; dead; extinct. |
| garish |
marked by excessive or tasteless color or decoration; gaudy; flashy. |
| impetus |
something that urges or impels; a driving force. |
| intrinsic |
being essential to or of the nature of a thing; inherent. |
| mimicry |
an act, instance, or the art of imitating or copying the speech, behavior, or expressions of others. |
| overt |
openly apparent; not concealed. (Cf. covert.) |
| perpendicular |
at a right angle to. |
| pinion2 |
to restrain (someone) by binding the arms. |
| prosaic |
straightforward and plain; unimaginative; dull. |
| recount |
to tell a history of events; relate; narrate. |
| regent |
one who governs in place of a disabled or underage ruler. |
| revue |
a form of entertainment consisting of a series of songs, comic routines, and dances, often as parodies of current affairs and people. |
| verdant |
green. |